{"id":293,"date":"2025-10-22T08:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/animal-lab\/?page_id=293"},"modified":"2026-07-10T04:51:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T04:51:46","slug":"animal-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/animal-lab\/animal-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Lab animals at FTM-LAU are taken care of with secured facilities, good sanitation and standard conditions.<\/h4>
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Air Handling Units (AHU) and
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Temperature (Celsius)
25\u00b12
Relative Humidity
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Light : \u00a0
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Animal Housing: Strict Hygienic Conventional (SHC) and Barrier System<\/span><\/p>

Cage Type:<\/u><\/b><\/p>

  • IVC Cage (\u0e3aBarrier System) : Mouse<\/li>
  • Polycarbonate shoe box cage: Mouse, Hamster, Rat<\/li>
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    Mouse<\/td>\r\n\t\tShoe box Cage<\/td>\r\n\t\t17 x 28 x 14<\/td>\r\n\t\tPolycarbonate<\/td>\r\n\t\t20-25 g: ≤5\/cage<\/td>\r\n\t\tCorn cob<\/td>\r\n\t\tWeekly<\/td>\r\n\t<\/tr>\r\n\t
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    Hamster<\/td>\r\n\t\tShoe box Cage<\/td>\r\n\t\t22 x 42 x 17<\/td>\r\n\t\tPolycarbonate<\/td>\r\n\t\t80-100 g: 1\/cage<\/td>\r\n\t\tCorn cob<\/td>\r\n\t\tWeekly<\/td>\r\n\t<\/tr>\r\n\t
    Rat<\/td>\r\n\t\tShoe box Cage<\/td>\r\n\t\t27 x 48 x 21<\/td>\r\n\t\tPolycarbonate<\/td>\r\n\t\t300-500 g: ≤2\/cage<\/td>\r\n\t\tCorn cob<\/td>\r\n\t\t2 times\/week<\/td>\r\n\t<\/tr>\r\n\t
    Guinea pig<\/td>\r\n\t\tWire Cage<\/td>\r\n\t\t40 x 65 x 45<\/td>\r\n\t\tStainless steel<\/td>\r\n\t\t>350 g: 2\/cage<\/td>\r\n\t\tN\/A<\/td>\r\n\t\tEveryday<\/td>\r\n\t<\/tr>\r\n<\/table> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Bedding:<\/span><\/h4>
    • Sterile Bedding (Corn Cob)<\/span><\/li>
    • Changing Schedule : at least 1 time per week, and the schedule is also customizable.<\/span><\/li>
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      Water:<\/span><\/h4>
      • Filtered Water, Reverse Osmosis (if required), or it can be customized by the PI. <\/span><\/li><\/ul>

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        Diet:<\/span><\/h4>
        • Standard Diet (ad libitum)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>

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