Metabolic Cages, basic model, to separate rodent's urine & feces

Features

• Practicality of use
• Unique design and high quality materials
• Flexibility
• Reliability
• Optional  12-Cage Rack

Benefits

• Easy to remove feeder and collection tubes: feed filling and samples collection without disturbing the animals on test.
• To maximize reliability and endurance
• Every component is designed to be interchangeable to provide maximum flexibility
• Separation apparatus featuring low-adherence plastic materials: perfect separation and collection of faeces and urine
• Space saving and great visibility in a small footprint, maximizing density

Applications

Metabolic cages provide uncontaminated, reliable samples for accurate metabolic monitoring, In fact a unique funnel-and-cone design completely and immediately separates feces and urine into tubes outside the cage. Its design they prevent urine from washing over and entering the feces tube.

Food and water systems allow the animal’s intake to be easily measured and are located outside the cage to prevent spillage from contaminating the excreta. 

Detailed information on UGO BASILE website.