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An Opportunity for Refinement: Continuous In-Cage Temperature and Activity Monitoring Using the UID Matrix in Rats

Garcia Thomas, J.A., et al. 2023

Poster presentation at the at Northern California Branch of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science Educational Symposium, August 2023

Summary

This poster used group-housed rats to measure how injections, handling, and cage changes alter temperature and activity in the home cage. Repeated procedures produced measurable, procedure-specific responses, and cage changes temporarily shifted both activity and temperature, showing how continuous data can expose disturbances missed by occasional checks. A UID Matrix system read implanted UCT-2112 temperature microchips across twelve cage zones.

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