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Alternative housing for Xenopus laevis

Lab Animal volume 37, pages 161–163 (2008)Cite this article

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At the authors' facility, housing arrangements for Xenopus laevis were cumbersome and labor-intensive, requiring technicians to wash frog tanks by hand several times a week. The authors describe an alternative housing solution they implemented by modifying a rack system that was originally used to maintain zebrafish. The rack's self-contained water circulation and filtration system saved technicians time and labor, and a commercial chiller attached to the mechanism efficiently controlled frogs' environmental temperature.

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Figure 2: Previous setup used to house Xenopus laevis, consisting of racks holding up to five rectangular fiberglass tubs (29 in wide × 36 in long × 14 in high).
Figure 3: Alternative housing solution for Xenopus laevis: a modified rack system that was previously used for zebrafish.
Figure 4: Alternative housing solution for Xenopus laevis.

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  1. Department of Animal Care and Technologies, Arizona State University, 2325 E Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe, 85281, AZ

    Jaime White-James,  Dustin McAndrew,  James Badman &  Michael McGarry

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White-James, J., McAndrew, D., Badman, J. et al. Alternative housing for Xenopus laevis. Lab Anim 37, 161–163 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/laban0408-161

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