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Transport and Acclimatization of Rodents for Research
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2026
All animal procedures described here must be conducted in accordance with institutional animal ethics guidelines and approved by IACUC. All procedures must follow the principles of the 3Rs—Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement—and must be performed by trained personnel. Transporting rodents for research requires procedures that minimize stress and maintain animal welfare during movement to minimize the influence on experimental outcomes. Transport cages should provide adequate ventilation,...
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Considerations for Rodent Surgery
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2016
Source: Kay Stewart, RVT, RLATG, CMAR; Valerie A. Schroeder, RVT, RLATG. University of Notre Dame, IN The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals1 dictates that rodent survival surgery be performed aseptically. Aseptic technique utilizes specific practices that minimize the contamination of the surgical site, including patient preparation, surgeon preparation, sterilization of instruments and other supplies, and the use of a clean and controlled environment. Presurgical planning,...
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Rodent Identification II
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2015
Source: Kay Stewart, RVT, RLATG, CMAR; Valerie A. Schroeder, RVT, RLATG. University of Notre Dame, IN Animal records must be accurately maintained to ensure that data collection is correct. Records range from maintaining information on cage cards to having a detailed database with all of the relevant information on each animal. The primary component of recordkeeping is the individual identification of research animals. There are a variety of methods suitable for identifying mice and rats. This...
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Environmental Enrichment for Rodents
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2026
All animal procedures described here must be conducted in accordance with institutional animal ethics guidelines and approved by IACUC. All procedures must follow the principles of the 3Rs—Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement—and must be performed by trained personnel. Environmental enrichment involves objects and practices that encourage natural behaviors, improve psychological well-being, and promote better welfare in laboratory rodents. Environmental enrichment should be tailored to the...
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Regulated mRNA Transport
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2020
In eukaryotes, transcription and translation are compartmentalized; an mRNA is first synthesized in the nucleus and then selectively transported to the cytoplasm for protein synthesis. Before transport, a pre-mRNA undergoes several steps of post-transcriptional modifications including splicing, 5' capping, and the addition of a poly-adenine tail. Various proteins bind to the pre-mRNA during these modifications. The mRNA transport takes place with the help of multiple proteins playing specific...
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Transport-related stress can alter both physiology and behavior because changes in temperature, ventilation, noise, vibration, handling, and access to food or water activate biological stress responses. These responses matter even when relocation is routine: they may affect health and introduce variation into experimental measurements. Recognizing transport as a biological condition helps researchers interpret findings more accurately.
Temperature, ventilation, noise, vibration, handling, and access to food or water are the principal conditions identified as biologically important during relocation. Changes in these factors can contribute to stress responses and may influence health, behavior, and experimental results. Monitoring them gives animal-care and research teams a way to reduce avoidable variation between transported rodents and their nontransported conditions.
Acclimation gives rodents an opportunity to adjust after exposure to relocation-related changes in handling, surroundings, noise, vibration, temperature, ventilation, and resource access. This step is important because transport stress can affect physiology and behavior, which may otherwise complicate observations or experimental measurements. Including acclimation in facility procedures supports animal welfare and improves confidence in subsequent biological data.
A basic workflow should begin with careful planning, followed by selection of species-appropriate containers, attention to environmental conditions, monitoring during relocation, and acclimation after arrival. These elements address the main sources of transport-related stress identified for rodents. Applying them consistently helps protect welfare while reducing the chance that relocation conditions will compromise health or the reliability of research outcomes.
Transport effects should be considered whenever rodents move between laboratories, breeding facilities, clinics, or research sites. They are particularly relevant to biomedical research, colony management, disease studies, and animal facility operations because relocation can influence health, physiology, behavior, and data interpretation. Treating transport as part of the experimental or operational context helps teams distinguish transport-related variation from other biological effects.
Standardized practices reduce uncontrolled differences in how rodents experience relocation. Consistent planning, appropriate containers, environmental monitoring, and acclimation can support welfare and limit transport-related influences on physiology and behavior. The resulting control improves reproducibility and makes experimental findings easier to interpret, especially when studies depend on comparisons across laboratories, facilities, colonies, or research sites.