Materials
| Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
| Vitalview Card & Software | Mini Mitter | #855-0030-00 | (Bend, OR, USA) |
| DP24 Dataport | Mini Mitter | #840-0024-00 | (Bend, OR, USA) |
| QA4-Module | Mini Mitter | #130-0050-00 | (Bend, OR, USA) |
| Magnetic Switch | Mini Mitter | #130-0015-00 | (Bend, OR, USA) |
| C-50 Cable assembly | Mini Mitter | #060-0045-10 | (Bend, OR, USA) |
| Rat running wheel assembly | Mini Mitter | #640-0700-00 | (Bend, OR, USA) |
| Cage and tray support | Mini Mitter | #640-0400-00 | (Bend, OR, USA) |
| Useable cut away cage | Mini Mitter | #664-2154-00 | (Bend, OR, USA) |
| Grid floor for cage | Mini Mitter | #676-2154-00 | (Bend, OR, USA) |
| Waste tray | Mini Mitter | #684-2154-00 | (Bend, OR, USA) |
| Lamp housing | Microlites Scientific | #R-101 | (Toronto, ON, Canada) |
| 4W Fluorescent lamps | Microlites Scientific | #F4T5/CW | (Toronto, ON, Canada) |
| Isolation chambers | Custom built | 28"H x 20"W x 28"D ½" Black Melamine. |
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