Survival, bodyweight and food consumption data obtained from life span rodent studies in isolated animal units.
A previous poster presentation proposed the use of isolated units for life span studies in rodents. This novel concept of design was considered to be the best available housing system for these studies. To further support our claim that these units provide good quality reproduceable results control data obtained from initial life span studies in the rat and mouse are reported.
D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006799:Housing, Animal; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D051381:Rats; D012737:Sex Factors; D012934:Social Isolation; D013997:Time Factors; D014116:Toxicology / Q000379:methods*