Room/Cage Environment

Illuminance Levels Comparison in Optimice and Other Cages. National Jewish Health

Tags: Animal Welfare and Diseases, Optimice, Room/Cage Environment

One can safely assume that Optimice caging situated in a room illuminated to industry recommendations. Keywords: Room environment, Light levels,…

A Third Party Perspective: Retrospective Analysis of Reproductive Performance in Animal Care Systems Optimice® Ventilated Racks

Category: Case Studies

Tags: Animal Welfare and Diseases, Optimice, Room/Cage Environment

This study summarizes this vivarium’s retrospective data and compares reproductive performance in theircolonies to commercial vendor statistics. Keywords: Breeding, Reproduction,…

Reducing Exposure to Laboratory Animal Allergens

Category: Published Studies

Tags: Optimice, Room/Cage Environment

Ambient allergen concentrations were measured when mice were maintained under several conditions: conventional housing versus ventilated cage racks operated under…

The Effects of Cage Design on Airborne Allergens and Endotoxin in Animal Rooms: High-Volume Measurements with an Ion-Charging Device

Category: Published Studies

Tags: Optimice, Room/Cage Environment

The use of filter tops on cages corresponds to a 50-fold reduction in mean levels of both airborne allergens (P…

Assessing the Risk of Transmission of Three Infectious Agents Among Mice Housed in a Negatively Pressurized Caging System

Category: Published Studies

Tags: Optimice, Room/Cage Environment

This paper concludes the caging systems run at negative pressure effectively reduce personnel exposure to allergens and may also inhibit…

Particulate Matter in Animal Rooms Housing Mice in Microisolation Caging

Category: Published Studies

Tags: Optimice, Room/Cage Environment

This paper concludes that considering the heat load, odor, and overall particulate concentration in the room, placing individually ventilated caging…

Influence of 5 Different Caging Types and the Use of Cage-Changing Stations on Mouse Allergen Exposure

Category: Published Studies

Tags: Optimice, Room/Cage Environment

Allergen concentrations were lowest in rooms with sealed IVC under positive or negative pressure, with unsealed IVC under negative pressure,…

Effect of Room Ventilation Rates in Rodent Rooms with Direct-Exhaust IVC Systems

Category: Published Studies

Tags: Optimice, Room/Cage Environment

When IVC are directly exhausted from a rodent housing room, the air quality of the room can become independent of…

Ammonia Levels in Animal Care Systems Cages

Category: Case Studies

Tags: Animal Welfare and Diseases, Optimice, Optirat GenII, Optirat Plus, Room/Cage Environment

Cage ammonia and other environmental parameters were measured in all three Animal Care Systems rack types (Optimice®, Optirat® Plus and…

Ammonia Levels and Reproductive Performance of CD1(ICR) Mice in an Optimice® Rack Using Two Different Styles of Cage Filters

Category: Posters

Tags: Animal Welfare and Diseases, Optimice, Room/Cage Environment

An evaluation of breeding performance, cage airflow and ammonia levels in flat filter Optimice cages to ensure they were comparable…

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