An animal caging system for remote monitoring includes a frame, a carousel-style rack configured to support at least one animal cage, and a monitoring system attached to the frame for capturing data from the animal cage. The monitoring system includes a support leg, a mounting arm for mounting the monitoring system to the frame, and at least one sensor for monitoring or observing the interior of the cage. The monitoring system may also include a motor for rotating the carousel-style rack, to allow multiple cages to be monitored by a single sensor or set of sensors, in sequence, as the carousel-style rack rotates.

The invention relates, in part, to devices, systems and methods to increase the likelihood of survival and reproductive success of preselected organisms.

A device and method for detecting and recording animal behavior is provided. The device includes an enclosure having first and second chambers, each of the chambers having exterior panels formed of an opaque material, at least one image capture device disposed in each of the first and second chambers, the at least one image capture device arranged to capture behavior data of one or more freely roaming rodents, and a first container insertable into one of the first and second containers and positioned below a respective image capture device, the container having one or more corrals into which one or more rodents are housed during testing, the container being formed of a transparent material. In some embodiments, the first container is formed of a red transparent material, the one or more rodents being unable to see through the red transparent material.

A cage for housing laboratory animals, said cage comprising a tray and a cover which can be removed and switched between a first closing position, in which it is positioned on said tray thus stopping the access to the internal space delimited by said tray, and a second opening position, in which said internal space may be accessed.

A method of identifying and classifying social complex behaviors among a group of model organisms, comprising implanting at least one RFID transponder in each model organism in said group of model organisms; enclosing said group of model organisms in a monitored space divided into RFID monitored segments; RFID tracking a position of each model organism by reading said at least one RFID transponder in each model organism over a period of time; capturing a sequence of images of each model organism over said period of time; and calculating at least one spatiotemporal model of each model organism based on time synchronization of said RFID tracked position of said model organism with said sequence of images.

Systems, methods and devices are provided for the non-invasive behavioural monitoring of rodents within a rodent cage via the detection of interactions with a cage lid. A cage lid interaction sensor, positioned in close proximity to the cage lid, is employed to sense interactions with the cage lid. The resulting signals may be processed to determine a health status of the rodent. In some example embodiments, a lid sensing module is provided in that is configured for attachment to an existing rodent cage, permitting the insertion of the rodent cage into a cage rack after installation of the sensing module. In other example embodiments, a replacement cage lid is provided having an integrated lid interaction sensor and associated detection circuitry. Various example lid sensing modalities and associated sensor configurations are disclosed.

An animal feed dispenser includes a control module and a feed dispensing module. The control module includes a detection member and an electronic control card. The detection member is suitable for generating a detection signal when the feed dispenser is located close to an enclosure containing animals. The feed dispensing module includes a feed dispensing orifice and an actuator. The electronic control card is configured to receive the detection signal and, as a function of the detection signal, to transmit an activation signal to the actuator and the actuator is configured to trigger a flow of feed through the dispensing orifice when the activation signal is received.

A method of tracking an animal in a population of animals is disclosed that includes applying a visual identifier to the animal, associating reference identifier data of the visual identifier to animal data of the animal, capturing a digital image of the visual identifier applied to the animal, recognizing the visual identifier by digitally processing the captured digital image, and identifying the animal upon recognition of the visual identifier.

Provided herein are animal containment cage bases and covers that can be nested to disengage and/or collapse one or more cage components or one or more cage component mount members from a cage base or cage cover. Also provided herein are methods of removing cage components or cage component mount members from cage bases and cage covers by nesting. Also provided herein, is a detachable animal containment cage component grommet and methods of use thereof.

A computer system and method for identifying and monitoring animals in a confined space. A tracking apparatus is provided having a plurality of antenna arrays in proximity to a confined space. One or more animals to be disposed in the confined space are associated with a detection component operable to identify and detect a core body temperature of an animal it is associated with when detected by the tracking apparatus. Data is received in a computer monitor system from a detection component when detected by the tracking apparatus in the confined space. The received data identifies an animal in correlation with its motion and temperature data. Real-time position and core body temperature of a detected animal is determined while the animal is disposed in the confined space by analysis of the received data in the computer monitor system.