Environment before shipping:
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Specific details per animal are available in this data file
and include vendor housing information, diet, health report
of sentinel animals, and shipping date.
Vendor: Mice obtained from The Jackson Laboratory.
Health status report: The Jackson Laboratory Diagnostics Laboratory
routinely monitors and documents animal health status using statistically
valid sampling procedures and standard protocols.
Detailed health status reports for each
animal room represented from this project are on file and
available on request .
See also JAX®Mice Quality Control Programs.
Environment before shipping:
Feed: All strains maintained on a 6% fat diet
(LabDiet 5K52)
except DBA/2J, PWK/PhJ, and CAST/EiJ which were on a 4% fat diet
(LabDiet 5K54).
Water: Adjusted with hydrochloric acid to pH 2.8-3.1 and
supplemented with menadione sodium bisulfite (final
concentration 0.4 mg/mL) to compensate for potential
decrease in vitamin K activity upon autoclaving; water
supplied in pinhole type bottles (Thoren Caging Systems,
Inc. Hazelton, PA).
Housing: Thoren cages; Thoren Maxi Miser #3 cages used for
some strains as part of a PIV (pressurized individually
ventilated) system.
Bedding: Steam autoclaved white pine shavings.
Photoperiod: 14 hours on (generally covering the hours of
0430 h to 1830 h) 10 hours off.
Temperature: 18 - 24°C
Relative humidity: ~50%.
Acclimation and testing periods
Shipping: Mice were shipped at 8 wks of age (Sep-2001 Feb-2003).
Feed: All strains maintained on a 6% fat diet
(LabDiet 5K52)
except DBA/2J, which was on a 4% fat diet
(LabDiet 5K54).
Duration of acclimation period: 7 days (research facility at
Montreal Clinical Research Institute)
Training period: mice were trained on the equipment for 6 days
Testing period: each mouse was tested for 2-3 days
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