DVC® for Emerald

Overview

Facility management

• Standardization of cage conditions, reduction of running costs, and no unnecessary animal handlings
• Streamline and automatically balance facility workload: customize the system according to your needs and achieve maximum efficiency
• Coloured LEDs to highlight single cages
• Real time cage tracking system

Animal welfare

• Complete and automatic continuous animal welfare check thanks to 24/7 detection of spontaneous locomotion
• 24/7 monitoring of food and water (bottle) availability
• No unexpected water floods (triggered by bottles or an AWS) and prevention of animal loss thanks to 24/7 monitoring

Research outcomes

• Get new insights thanks to 24/7 activity detection
• Increase study sensitivity and reproducibility
• More robust data thanks to validated digital biomarkers
• Reduced bias thanks to the automatic analysis of all cage data
• Availability of more add-ons like wheels, Leddy
  (for a customized ON/OFF cage light cycle) and interlinking system

Compatibilities