Shorter2 animal documentation

Heart size in a Diversity Outbred (DO) mouse population   (2018)

Shorter JR, Jensen BC




Animal documentation

Source Diversity Outbred mice were obtained from The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME
Ages
4 wks of age at shipping
Feed

Control chow (D10001, Research Diets, New Brunswick NJ); high-fat, cholic (HFC) diet (D12109C, Research Diets, New Brunswick NJ); low-fat, high-protein (LFHP) diet (D12083101, Research Diets, New Brunswick NJ). Provided ad libitum.

Water
Provided ad libitum
Temperature
22.2° +/- 1.1°C
Humidity
Humidity controlled, but not specified
Housing
Mice were individually housed with non-irradiated pine bedding and provided with high-efficiency particulate air-filtered air
Photoperiod 12:12h light:dark cycle
Time period Generation 10 (G10) mice were received at the test facility in May 2012; G11 mice were received in September 2012
Care and Use
All procedures performed within this experiment were approved by the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee