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General System Information
M.I.C.E.® System
OptiMICE®
OptiRAT®
ErgoMICE®
System Validation
M.I.C.E.® Series

General System Information:

• Animal Care Systems Product Catalog

• Animal Care Systems Product Brochure - Read format

• Animal Care Systems Product Brochure - Print format

• Room Layout Worksheet

• Cage Washing Instructions

• Rack Air Flow Requirements

• Origins of the M.I.C.E.® System

M.I.C.E.® System:

• Four Page Color Brochure - Front and Back

• Four Page Color Brochure - Inside

• System Information

• Autoclave Requirements

• Technical Specifications

• M.I.C.E® System Un-Packing Instructions

• Reconfiguring Modular Racks

• Installation & Operation Manual

• Cage & Rack Standard Operating Procedures

OptiMICE®:

• OptiMICE® Data Sheet

• OptiMICE® unpacking instructions (Type 1 pallet)

• OptiMICE® unpacking instructions (Type 2 pallet)

• OptiMICE® Two Page Color Brochure

• OptiMICE® Standard Operating Procedures

• OptiMICE® Autoclave Requirements

• OptiMICE® Cage Filter Replacement

• OptiMICE® Bottle Cap Tool Instructions

• Shockwave Airflow presentation (requires Macromedia Flash Player)
  

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OptiRAT®:

• OptiRAT® Brochure

• OptiRAT® Data Sheet

ErgoMICE®:

• 50 Cage ErgoMICE® Data Sheet

• 70 Cage ErgoMICE® Data Sheet

• 80 Cage ErgoMICE® Data Sheet

System Validation:

• Cross-Contamination Challenge of M.I.C.E.® Cages Using MHV-A59 Inoculated Mice

• Microbiological Validation of The M.I.C.E.® Caging System - Charles River Laboratories

• Maintenance of Parasite, Virus and Aerobic Bacteria Free Mice without the use of a Gnotobiotic Isolator

M.I.C.E.® Series

• Microenvironmental comfort

• Isolation

• Containment

• Enrichment

For more information see:
Designing Your New Animal Facility Part II: Integration of Engineering Controls in Animal Facility Design - Contemporary Topics In Laboratory Animal Science - American Association for Laboratory Animal Science Volume 43 Number 5 / September 2004 P.64

A Novel Vented Microisolation Container for Caging Animals: Microenvironmental Comfort in a Closed-System Filter Cage - Contemporary Topics In Laboratory Animal Science - American Association for Laboratory Animal Science Volume 39 Number 1 / January 2000 P.22