Most of the mice held at the Max Planck Institutes come from the Institutes’ own breeding programmes ... The mice are kept in see-through plastic cages with an area of at least 370 square centimetres.

Although mice and farmers may not have seen eye-to-eye ... without removing males from the breeding cage. Finally, most laboratory-bred strains are relatively docile and easy to handle. The high ...

Male mice kept in outer space in special cages can retain their ability to breed, according to a study that could provide a sense of comfort to astronauts on extended stays far from Earth. “As ...

We maintain our breeding colony, in large plastic bins suspended about ... When it came time to change the cage, all mice could be transferred by transferring the nesting bottle. Checking the mice in ...

Since we have moved all our breeding colonies to a separate SPF unit where ... We have purchased Bio-Serv tunnels that hang off the top of the cage plus Tecniplast mouse houses, both functioning as ...

Sanderson and colleagues assessed the effect of cage-change frequency on the breeding performances of a mouse strain (C57BL/6NTac) and a rat stock (NTac:NIH-Whn) that were thought to be sensitive ...

There is one specific task that stress researchers who conduct animal experiments need to be particularly skilled at. This ...

Mice were accidentally introduced to a remote island near Antarctica 200 years ago, and now, they are breeding out of control because of climate change. As a result, they are eating seabirds and ...

With millions of mice and rats in US labs alone, scientists can learn a lot of information from their scurrying test subjects. These animals may be small, but their contribution to current research is ...

However, if you put mixed sexes together, it's essential to have them neutered to avoid breeding ... but you will need to change their cage at least once a week, as their droppings tend to be rather ...

Mice breed rapidly and can quickly become unwelcome cohabitants. Mice carry diseases — salmonella, hantavirus and leptospirosis — and can pose health risks. While mice might seem harmless at ...