Summary
This improvement project evaluated continuous temperature and activity monitoring around surgery in rodent cardiac models. Automated home-cage data can reveal temperature loss, inactivity, or other recovery problems between manual welfare checks, allowing earlier supportive care while reducing handling stress and recordkeeping burden. UID UCT-2112 temperature microchips and a URH-1HP reader linked each animal's identity with repeated physiological measurements.
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