Rodent animal research cage

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The sociability cage is designed to test the social behavior or social memory of one individual towards others. Typically, it is a three-chambered cage in which the middle chamber can be used as a neutral starting point, and wired cages in each of the other chambers may hold a conspecific. To study the subject's interest in a social stimulus, one chamber presents a conspecific while the other remains empty. In a preference test for social novelty, the two wired cages contain a familiar and an unfamiliar conspecific. A third variation involves testing the social preference for two unfamiliar conspecifics. In most cases the interest is measured by assessing the time spent in the same chamber or in close proximity to the familiar or unfamiliar other mouse. High-quality sociability cage The Noldus sociability cage is especially designed for automated video tracking with EthoVision®XT. It is made out of clear acrylic walls and is delivered with a white matted bottom and a dark matted bottom, making it suitable for tracking both light and dark colored mice. The apparatus also includes two removable clear acrylic sliding doors to prevent access to the side chambers, and two small acrylic cages for the introduction of the unfamiliar (stranger) mice. A small space between the chambers allows you to slip a piece of paper inside in order to prevent visual contact between the three chambers. Animal detection EthoVision XT automatically detects and tracks the subject as it moves around the test arena. There is no need for sensors; EthoVision XT detects multi-colored animals such as hooded rats with ease.