Treadmill for Mice and Rats
Model: BLI-TR01M/BLI-TR01R
Description
The Treadmill is used for forced exercise training and accurate testing of fatigue in mice and rats. The treadmill is a popular exercise system used to force-train rodents. The apparatus has a simple construction and provides the experimenter the ability to vary the speeds and inclinations of the runway belt. Treadmill system utilizes shock grids to motivate the animal to keep running.
Menu
Features
- Touch-screen to set parameters and monitor the experiment
- 3 operation modes: constant, accelerating, and ramp (alternating acceleration and deceleration) speed control
- The runway slope can be set at uphill or downhill
- Electrical shock is provided to keep the animal running
- Automatically convert data to save a CSV file on USB
Specifications
| General | ||||
| Control | 7” Touch Screen | |||
| Power consumption | AC220V / 60Hz | |||
| Data acquisition | Exported as .cvs file format to USB flash drive | |||
| Operation | ||||
| Speed | Adjustable from 6 to 100 M/min, in steps of 1 M/min | |||
| Mode | Constant, Accelerating, Ramp (accelerating-decelerating) | |||
| Slope | positive (uphill) or negative (downhill), from -10 to +25° (in 5° steps) | |||
| Shock | from 0 to 5 mA (in 0.1mA steps) | |||
| Dimension | ||||
| Model No. | BLI-TR01M | BLI-TR01R | ||
| Target Species | Mouse | Rat | ||
| Lanes | 5 | 4 | ||
| Lane size (mm) | (W) 55 / (L) 350 | (W)105 / (L) 500 | ||
| Overall Height x Width x Depth (cm) | 30 x 60 x 40 | 40 x 80 x 50 | ||
| Weight (kg) | 22 | 35 | ||