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CAGE ENRICHMENT

Reusable Cage Enrichment

MB1 Mice Bunkers Made of red polycarbonate. Stable. Easy stackable in storage.

Also available: Special designed washing baskets for the Mice Bunkers. Both, bunkers and baskets are made in the E.U. Attractively priced The importance of cage enrichment. The accommodation of laboratory animals used in the development and control of medicines or for basic research in universities, research centers, pharmaceuticals companies is standardized as much as possible. It should not affect the research results. There are many legal requirements for the accommodation and care of these animals. For example, the cage must meet the physiological and psychological needs of the animals: as in the wild, they must behave normally so that they can survive and reproduce.

Cage enrichment stimulates normal behavior

The law provides that animal cages used for experimental and other scientific purposes must be enriched. As the term suggests, this means that the cages must primarily meet the basic needs of the animals. Cage enrichment should encourage as many normal behavior, thus reducing abnormal behavior. It gives the animals some form of control over their environment and increases their ability to cope with stress.

Enrichment of the environment helps the animals to subdivide their living spaces into, for example, foraging places, shelters, rest areas or food supplies. In addition, they can avoid contact with the other animals.