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Metabolic caging for animal research

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Metabolism is the generation of by-products in the body from food consumed, and it includes the steps of digestion, absorption, distribution and elimination. Each of these important aspects of metabolism can be investigated in the animal research lab, and special equipment has been developed for this purpose. Foremost among this equipment is the metabolic cage.

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Figure 2: Acrylic mouse metabolic cages (Hatteras Instruments, Inc.).
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Figure 7: The Comprehensive Lab Animal Monitoring System (Columbus Instruments).
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Figure 9: Steel rabbit metabolic caging (Allentown, Inc.).
Figure 10: Stainless steel dog metabolic caging (Allentown, Inc.).
Figure 11: Steel primate metabolism caging (Suburban Surgical Co., Inc.).

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Acknowledgements

I am deeply indebted to Jim Lerza (Tecniplast), Diana Kelsey (Allentown, Inc.), Jeff McGlothlin and Betty Fatzie (Lab Products, Inc.), Ruth Benvie (Braintree Scientific, Inc.), Chris Adams (Columbus Instruments), Sue Scott (BASi), Jessica Goodman (Hatteras Instruments, Inc.) and Tracey A. Campbell (Suburban Surgical Co., Inc.) for assisting me in gathering information and providing high-quality images for this publication.

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