CaloTreadmill
Features
- Device for high precision calorimetry exercise evaluation in rats and mice
- Air tight compartment for high accuracy respirometry
Application
- Exercise Calorimetry
Disease models
- Obesity
- Diabetes
The TSE CaloTreadmill System is a fully computerized electronically controlled system to investigate exercise calorimetry in mice and rats. CaloTreadmills are enclosed by an air-tight transparent housing that can be connected to a fully automated indirect gas calorimetry system (CaloSys) operated by PhenoMaster software. Calorimetric parameters, such as oxygen consumption (VO2), carbon dioxide production (VCO2), respiratory exchange rate (RQ) and energy expenditure (EE) are determined at fixed temporal intervals while the test animal is moving according to an experimenter-defined activity profile.
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