#Indirect calorimetry machine free#

The singly housed animal can live chronically in the BioDAQ. The BioDAQ Food and Liquid Intake Monitor (BioDAQ) is a home cage based instrument that automatically collects and records an animal's native feeding and drinking behavior. The system also has running wheels if needed. Use of the indirect system is billed at $80/day.Ī 12- 24 cage BioDaq system was acquired through a KUMC School of Medicine Research Equipment and Resource Procurement Award (ERPA). Outcome measures include oxygen consumption (energy expenditure) carbon dioxide production, respiratory exchange ratio, ambulatory activity, sleep duration, food intake, water intake. Metabolism and behavior are monitored continuously on a second to second basis and macros are provided for data analysis.

The Promethion Indirect Calorimetry system provides metabolic and behavioral measures for up to 8 rats or 8 mice at one time. Scanning takes less than 2 minutes, and anesthesia is not required. Use of the EchoMRI is billed at an internal rate of $10/hr.

#Indirect calorimetry machine free#

The EchoMRI TM 1100 Analyzer delivers precise body composition measurements of fat, lean, free water, and total water masses in tissues and live animals weighing from 1 to 1100 grams. Please visit our Personnel page if you need to schedule a consult for services or training. All metabolic facility users must be trained and authorized to use the equipment by the facility manager and hold an approved ACUP outlining the use of the technology with their experimental design. If you are not familiar with the use of Bookkit as a KUMC research equipment scheduling platform, please gather more information on our Bookkit intranet page. All Metabolic facility equipment is scheduled on.