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C57Bl/Icrfat 30 Month/s Heart Whole Female Frozen
Tissue
Heart
Region
Whole
Summary
Cohorts were originally derived from Jackson stock ID000664, imported Jan 2009 and have been bred for more than 10 generations
Animal
Age in Months
30
Gender
Female
Strain
C57Bl/Icrfat
Weight
29.31
Housing
Cage type
North Kent Plastic cages
Cage size
MB1 or RC1
Animals per cage
MB1 up to 4. RC1 5 or more
Air changes per hour
Approx 24
Frq of cage change
1 x per week; transferring part or of all nesting & environmental enrichment to alleviate post cage change aggression between male mice & reduce stress
Water delivery
bottles; fresh daily
Nutrition
Type of chow
SDS CRM(P) in hopper; floor fed forage mix; CRM FG fed as mash
Chow composition
CRM (P)= extruded pellets; CRMFG = CRM pellets fine ground by manufacturer
Chow processing
CRM(P); no processing; placed in food hopper to allow ad-lib feeding. CRMFG mixed with warm water to a paste placed on cage floor; changed daily. Forage mix added to substrate when cage changed & pinch given daily when checking mice
Water type treatment
normal mains drinking water
Sacrifice
Method of sacrifice
Cervical dislocation
Notes at necropsy
Spotty lung; Lots little lumps on pancreas; large spleen (1.35g); skin tumour; obstruction above duodenum