MPD: Kas1: animal documentation

Kas1 animal documentation

Variations in ventral root axon morphology and locomotor behavior in males of 6 inbred strains of mice (2009)

Kas MJ, de Mooij-van Malsen J
With: JG, Yu KL, Veldman H, Oppelaar H, van den Berg LH, Olivier B

Kas1_Animal

Acclimation and testing periods

Supplier

Male AKR/J and 129Ã1/SvJ mice were obtained from The Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, ME, USA). Initial breeding pairs of C57BL/6J, DBA/2J, A/J and chromosome substitution strain- C57BL/6J-Chr 1^A/J/NaJ (CSS1), were obtained from The Jackson Laboratory (JAX®, Bar Harbor, ME, USA). Progenies from institutional breeding program were used in the study.

Ages Experiments were conducted when the mice aged to 5â7 months old.

Feed

Mice were given unrestricted access to feed obtained from Special Diet Services (SDS; Witham, Essex, United Kingdom). This diet contains 3.4% oil, 18.8% protein, 60.3% carbohydrate, and 3.7% fiber, in addition to 3% minerals, vitamins, and amino acids.

Water

Ad libitum

Housing
Mice were group housed (2â4 animals/cage; Macrolon type II; no. 1284 L)

Photoperiod

12:12 h darkâlight cycle (white light on: 2:00â14:00 with light intensity of 60 lux; lights off at 1300 h)

Temperature

22 +/- 2.0°C

Health status

All experimental procedures were approved by the ethical committee for animal experimentation of the Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

Supplier	Male AKR/J and 129Ã1/SvJ mice were obtained from The Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, ME, USA). Initial breeding pairs of C57BL/6J, DBA/2J, A/J and chromosome substitution strain- C57BL/6J-Chr 1^A/J/NaJ (CSS1), were obtained from The Jackson Laboratory (JAX®, Bar Harbor, ME, USA). Progenies from institutional breeding program were used in the study.
Ages	Experiments were conducted when the mice aged to 5â7 months old.
Feed	Mice were given unrestricted access to feed obtained from Special Diet Services (SDS; Witham, Essex, United Kingdom). This diet contains 3.4% oil, 18.8% protein, 60.3% carbohydrate, and 3.7% fiber, in addition to 3% minerals, vitamins, and amino acids.
Water	Ad libitum
Housing	Mice were group housed (2â4 animals/cage; Macrolon type II; no. 1284 L)
Photoperiod	12:12 h darkâlight cycle (white light on: 2:00â14:00 with light intensity of 60 lux; lights off at 1300 h)
Temperature	22 +/- 2.0°C
Health status	All experimental procedures were approved by the ethical committee for animal experimentation of the Utrecht University, the Netherlands.