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Wireless Low Profile Running Wheel


ENV-044 RF Low-Profile Mouse Running Wheel

The current trend of housing mouse colonies in individually ventilated cages (IVCs) has allowed dramatic increases in housing density, improved environmental control, and better biosecurity. However, the low profile configuration of many mouse IVCs has made it more difficult to add enrichment devices, such as a running wheel, to the mouse home cage. Our new wireless low-profile mouse running wheel represents a state-of-the-art device that enables quantitative measurements of mouse running levels in most standard IVCs. We use the popular “Fast Trac™” running wheel surface from BioServ (www.bio-serv.com) along with our proprietary wireless transmitter to get running data from the home cage to computer without any wires or cables.

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System Highlights

  • Measure circadian rhythms while adding environmental enrichment
  • Quantify running levels and how they correlate with behavioral changes
  • Fits easily into most standard mouse ventilated rack cages
  • Open running surface enables wheel running studies on mice that are instrumented or tethered
  • Easy to clean: wheel surface and plastic support base can be cage washed; wheel transmitter can be wiped with sanitation cloths
  • Affordable and economical
  • Up to 1024 running wheels can be monitored by a single computer
  • Optional wireless Environmental Sensor enables measuring temperature, relative humidity, and light levels in the vivarium. Each computer can monitor up to 4 environmental sensors.
  • Energy efficient and nearly maintenance free. (3 AAA Batteries required)

 

Dimensions of the ENV-044

wheel dimensions


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