Current guidelines pertaining to the housing of laboratory animals express caging standards for rodents in terms of minimum floor space and minimum height, relative to the body weight of the animal.

The mice are kept in see-through plastic cages with an area of at least 370 square centimetres. Three to six mice live in each cage, depending on their weight. The cages are 14 centimetres high and ...

New research suggests mice have an instinctual call to exhibit first-aid behavior when finding incapacitated cage mates.

Non-CNRC investigators also must get authorization from CNRC security to enter the CNRF as described in CLAMS Use and Measures. Transfer your mice to the CLAMS cages. Learn how to fill feeders and ...

Several years ago, the University of Southern California neuroscientist began noticing that sometimes, when he placed an anesthetized mouse back in its cage, its cage mate would start acting strangely ...