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DISPOSABLE CAGING - CUSTOMER INSIGHTS
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"Case Study: The Lorry I. Lokey Stem Cell Research Building at Stanford University"
by Dr. Reese Zasio
The new 26,000 cage facility focused on achieving utility savings and recycling goals. The Lorry I. Lokey Stem Cell Research Building (Lokey) opened on September 20, 2010 to house the Stanford Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medical Institute, the Stanford Cancer Center, and the Stanford Institute for Neuro-Innovation and Translational Neurosciences.
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"Disposable Caging - How it Helped Our Lab Grow"
by Dr. Richard Lin
Explora Biolabs was looking to scale up rapidly, and disposable caging offered financial and operational benefits.
SOURCE: "Disposable Caging - How it Helped Our Lab Grow", by Dr. Richard Lin. Published in Animal Lab News, April 2010.
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DISPOSABLE CAGES - PROCESS AND BIOSECURITY
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Simplify Processes and Reduce Biosecurity Risk at Your Facility
By Jim Fallon
Disposable caging has been rapidly adopted around the world at facilities of all sizes as an improvement over washing and sterilizing cages on site. Driving this adoption is the desire by institutions to simplify operations, standardize cage change protocols and reduce the burden on animal care staff.
SOURCE: "Disposable Caging: Simplify Processes and Reduce Biosecurity Risk at Your Facility",by Jim Fallon. Published in ALN, September, 2011
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disposable caging - 3rd party validations
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"Ammonia and CO2 in Innovive Disposable IVC System"
by Dr. Richard Lin
Third-party research indicates that our cages have 15X lower levels of NH3 than traditional caging and also features a gentle animal environment.
Excerpt: This study compares reusable and disposable individually ventilated mouse cages in terms of the formation of intracage CO2 and NH3. Nevertheless, over the course of the study, we found significantly higher NH3 concentrations in the reusable IVCs."
SOURCE: "Ammonia and Carbon Dioxide Concentrations in Disposable and Reusable Ventilated Mouse Cages", by Jerald Silverman, David W Bays, Sheldon F Copper, and Stephen P Baker.
Published in JAALAS Vol 47, March 2008.
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"Evaluation of Disposable Caging System as a Breeding and Husbandry Solution"
by Dr. Marek Piechowiak
In September 2007, the animal facility of a Biomedical Research Laboratory needed significant renovation.
Before undertaking any major investment decisions, the company decided to evaluate the Innovive Disposable Rodent Caging System and, specifically, its ability to support the company's animal breeding program.
SOURCE: "Evaluation of Disposable Caging System as a Breeding and Husbandry Solution", as presented at the 2008 AALAS National Meeting.
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The Science
behind Innovive Airflow System
The Innovive Disposable Rodent Caging system has been shown to maintain low ammonia levels, improve transgenic breeding and facilitate the prevention/eradication of disease.This paper gives an in-depth, technical description of the Innovive airflow system.
SOURCE: "Assessment of Ventilated Rodent Cage Air Exchange Using an Optical Detection Method", by Innovive, 2009.
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GENERAL RODENT HOUSING INFORMATION
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Investigation of Appropriate Sanitization
Frequency for Rodent Caging Accessories:
Evidence Supporting Less-frequent Cleaning
We are often asked, "Reusing lids and feeders through multiple cage changes can save a lot of time and money, but is it OK for my animals?"
SOURCE: "Investigation of Appropriate Sanitization Frequency for Rodent Caging Accessories: Evidence Supporting Less-frequent Cleaning", by Curtis W Schondelmeyer, Dirck L Dillehay, Sonji K Webb, Michael J Huerkamp, Deborah M Mook, and Jennifer K Pullium. Published in JAALAS Vol 45, No 6, Nov 2008.
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"Impact of Various IVC Housing Systems on Mouse Phenotyping Studies"
by Marie France Champy, Isabelle Goncalves DaCruz*, Elodie Bedu, Roy Combe, Benoit Petit DemouliereStephanie Muller, Abdelkader Ayadi, Yann Herault, & Hamid Meziane
Consistent phenotyping data within and across labs require standardizationof protocols but also of housing conditions, well known to influence mouse phenotype characteristics such as behavior. The present study was designed to evaluate the impact of3 different IVC systems on mouse phenotypes.
Poster Presentation, 62nd AALAS, Oct 2012.
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"Disposable vs Conventional Caging"
Rudy Cagneron, B.S
Due to a lack of equipment required to house an incoming arrival of Nu/Nu+ mice inside the animal facility, XOMA (US) LLC conducted this study is to analyze and compare the cleanliness of Innovive disposable caging to conventional static caging in order to see if this caging system would be a useful alternative compared to a standard caging system.
Poster Presentation, 62nd AALAS, Oct 2012.
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SUSTAINABILITY AND RECYCLING
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New Study Confirms Recycling Plastic Significantly reduces energy use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions,
by American Chemistry Council (ACC)
press-release excerpt:
"Based on the LCI study results and data from U.S. EPA, the generation of cleaned recycled resin required 71 trillion Btu less than the amount of energy that would be required to produce the equivalent tonnage of virgin PET and HDPE resin. The corresponding savings in greenhouse gas emissions was 2.1 million tons of CO2 equivalents, an amount comparable to taking 360,000 cars off the road."
SOURCE: "New Study Confirms Recycling Plastic Significantly reduces energy use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions" - press-release (April 28, 2010)
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