Modular Food & Drink recording system in normal home cage for mouse or rat (external dispensers: 1 drink/1food, 2 drinks or 2 foods)
● Register the absorbed food and its wastage by means of weight transducers of very high stability
● Highly sensitive system: accuracy ± 0.1 g (fluid) or 0.2 g (food)
● The liquid system is associated with a hanging drop allowing the collection of the wasted liquid
● The signals from the weight transducer unit are amplified, digitalized and send to the software for storing and further analysis
● Uninterrupted recording for up to 100h and more…)
● The associated software METABOLISM gives a value (in grams) of the food and drink consumption by user-defined intervals of time
● The Food & Drink intake option can be easily combined with the O2/CO2 metabolism and/or activity & rearing options.


Finaly, an astucious plateform count the "wasted" food by the animal as shown on the pictures below (90 to 95% of it is taken into account for pellets type food).