Study of alteration in body weight by individual housing of Laboratory mice

Subject Areas : clinical veterinary science

M.R  Rahimnejad ¹ (Department of Basic Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj , Iran)
وهاب  Babapoor ² (Department of Basic Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran)
S.D  Mohammadi ³ (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj , Iran)

Received: 2016-11-03 Accepted : 2016-11-03 Published : 2013-03-21

Keywords: metabolism, Mice, individual housing,

Abstract :

Maintenance conditions of domestic and laboratory animals can lead to wide variations in their metabolism.Individual housing is one of the most effective factor which can affect their metabolism. In this study, the effectof individual maintenance on body weight of 28 mice in both solo and group maintenance group for 4 weeks werestudied.The results of this investigation showed, the body weight in individual male & female mice was more than groupmice as meaningful. Body weight of individual male mice group, was more than individual female mice group asmeaningful that shows more effect of individual life on male mice.Based on these results, it is recommended to have this issue addressed in all the processes of maintenance andbreeding of animals that require individual housing.