
Colony Planning - The Jackson Laboratory
Mating trio - one male, two females; maximizes cage space for breeding and mothers assist in raising each other’s pups. Leave trio together continuously, whenever possible. Male rotation - …
Trio breeding groups are best suited for the propagation of inbred, transgenic, or other strains of mice which generate small numbers of pups or are difficult to breed. Crosses that produce …
Effects of Trio and Pair Breeding of Mice on Environmental …
We monitored ammonia, carbon dioxide, cage wetness, health status, and breeding parameters of trio and pair breeding cages containing CD1 mice in ventilated and static microisolation caging …
General Parity between Trio and Pairwise Breeding of Laboratory Mice …
Our study showed an overall parity between trio and pairwise breeding formats on the survival and growth of the litters, suggesting that the housing recommendations for breeding female …
Effect of Continuous Trio Breeding Compared with Continuous …
Continuous trio breeding is a common strategy for mice in which a single male mouse is housed with 2 females and thereby mates with them both on an ongoing basis.
Effects of Trio and Pair Breeding of Mice on Environmental …
May 1, 2020 · We monitored ammonia, carbon dioxide, cage wetness, health status, and breeding parameters of trio and pair breeding cages containing CD1 mice in ventilated and static …
Why Use Mice as a Model • Biologically very similar to humans: 95% shared genes, very similar immune systems, get similar diseases for many of the same genetic reasons • Can manipulate …
Rodent Breeding and Weaning - Institutional Animal Care and …
Mouse Breeding Schemes. Breeding pair (1 male:1 female): The male, female and the resulting litter of pups may be kept together in a Group I cage (static or ventilated) continuously until the …
Trio Haploinsufficiency Causes Neurodevelopmental Disease …
Mar 5, 2019 · Trio loss reduces forebrain size and dendritic arborization but increases dendritic spine densities. Cortical synapses in Trio haploinsufficient mice are small, exhibit pre- and …
The maximum number of adult mice per cage is 5 (five). This is based on the average weight of an adult mouse and the size of the caging used in our animal facilities.