Cages

Home Cage

The BioDAQ Food and Liquid Intake Monitor (BioDAQ) is a home cage based instrument that automatically collects and records an animal’s native feeding and drinking behavior. A singly housed animal can live chronically in the BioDAQ. Feeding and drinking modules are adapted to standard laboratory cages. The cages and hardware can be cleaned using standard animal facility procedures.

Reduce Stress

Specially modified standard home cages provide reduced novel-environment stress and shortened acclimation times. Animals can live chronically in BioDAQ cages. Researcher contact is limited by design, further reducing confounding stressors.

Applications

BioDAQ home cages can be fitted with one or multiple feeding and/or drinking modules depending on the study design. The hardware that attaches to the cage openings accommodates both food hoppers and liquid bottles, allowing the researcher to change the format to fit their needs. A standard home cage top and water bottle is provided. The photos below are just some of the options available. Please contact us if you don't see a cage set up to fit your needs.