Partner institution: 7:St.Anne'sUniversityHospitalBrno_ICRC
Core facility: Animal Center
Category of instrument / technology: Monitored cages system
Web category: 5 : specific systems
Instrument name: IntelliCage for rats
Description EN:
The IntelliCage allows you to assess the home cage behavior and cognitive performance of up to 8 rats separately while they are living in a social environment. This unique experimental setup fosters natural social behavior in a biologically relevant, enriched but highly standardized home cage context. In this way, the IntelliCage minimizes the need for handling and human intervention, thereby increasing task validity, data reproducibility and ensuring a high level of animal welfare.
Part of research platform:
The Animal Center (AC) is a core facility keen to provide knowledge, know-how, and technologies to cutting edge in vivo research. AC supports other research groups from experimental design to practical procedures, including ethical authorization steps. Additionally, AC has experience in supervising and carrying out experimental procedures on rodent and pig models.
Name of instrument operator: Agata Miska-Schramm
Email of instrument operator: agata.miska-schramm@fnusa.cz
Supplier name: Animalab s.r.o.
Price (excluding VAT) in EUR: 101681
Year of purchase: 2015
Year of installation: 2019
Service contract Yes / No: 0
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