PhenoSys Calobox metabolic measuring device for animal behaviour research

Monday, 19 February, 2024 | Supplied by: SciTech Pty Ltd


The PhenoSys CaloBox is an easy-to-use metabolic measuring device for experimental research and teaching of animal behaviour. It is specifically designed to make indirect calorimetry of mice, rats, birds and other small vertebrates feasible for every researcher. Common applications include animal metabolism, nutrition, heat regulation, thermoregulation, bioenergetics, activity, animal behaviour, energy balance, resting metabolic rate, energetics of locomotion and more.

The product comes as a ready-to-use set-up that entails the CaloBox itself with its sensor and pump functionality; the computer with preinstalled software package; and a tubing set. Users should connect the tubing to PhenoSys’s optimised measuring cuvette for mice or to their own chamber to start their experiment.

Key features include measurement of metabolic rate (O2, CO2 and H2O), direct report of energy expenditure and respiratory, exchange ratio, push-button operation, no air drying required and continuous recording with down to 4 s intervals. The product automatically measures and calculates typical indirect calorimetry parameters such as metabolic rate, energy expenditure (EE) and respiratory exchange ratio (RER).

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