High-welfare cage for breeding and housing mice for medical research, c.2019

Individually ventilated high-welfare mouse cage, enriched with activities for chewing, climbing & nesting, of type used to breed and house mice for medical research, sourced from The Biological Resources Unit (Experimental Facility) at Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, c.2019.

This cage, enriched with activities for chewing, climbing & nesting, is designed to create high welfare living environment for breeding and housing mice used within medical research. Transparent cages allow observation of the animals without the need to remove or handle them, which could potentially cause stress. This cage is known as an ‘individually ventilated cage’, which helps to keep mice in disease free conditions, by separating them from others and through preventing contaminated exposure by air. The cage contains soft wood-shaving as bedding.

The cage came from The Biological Resources Unit (Experimental Facility) at Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute. Mice are vital models for understanding how tumours start and develop in living bodies, and are essential for identifying new targets for therapy and testing new treatments. In the United Kingdom, all new drugs - including cancer drugs - must be tested in animals before they are given to people. The cage has been developed to meet high-welfare standards.