Animal Welfare
Airflow
The Innorack® design uses constant-pressure plenums and low velocity airflow that delivers high precision-controlled ventilation into every cage position. This results in a more efficient evacuation of gases from the cage.
Request white paper:
Assessment of Ventilated Rodent Cage Air Exchange Using an Optical Detection Method
Low Acoustic Levels
Third-party testing shows that the Innorack® IVC system yields low acoustic noise levels and has no impact on the well-being of animals inside the cages.
Read the acoustic level report:
Innorack® 3.0 Acoustic Noise Levels Report
Low Ammonia Level
Studies have shown that Innovive disposable IVC cages have lower levels of ammonia than traditional systems. This can lead to a 14+ day cage change schedule and better breeding results.
Read the ammonia report:
Innorack® 3.0 Intracage Ammonia (NH3) Concentration Report
Better for Breeding
Side-by-side third-party data highlights better breeding performance using the Innovive Disposable IVC Caging System.
DISPOSABLE IVC | |||
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Mouse Type | Pregnant | Good Mothers | Yield |
NOD/Scid | 89% | 100% | 89% |
Rag2Gamma | 90% | 100% | 90% |
Shiverer | 80% | 100% | 80% |
FAH/Rag2Gamma | 90% | 100% | 90% |
TRADITIONAL IVC | |||
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Mouse Type | Pregnant | Good Mothers | Yield |
NOD/Scid | 74% | 45% | 33% |
Rag2Gamma | 70% | 67% | 46% |
Shiverer | 50% | 60% | 30% |
FAH/Rag2Gamma | 63% | 80% | 50% |
% Pregnant = number of breeding pairs to become pregnant.
% Good Mothers = number of breeding pairs to become pregnant AND successfully raise all pups to maturity.
Read the breeding report:
Evaluation of a Disposable Caging System as a Breeding and Husbandry Solution
BPA-Free Cages
BPA (Bisphenol A) is a difunctional building block of several important plastics and plastic additives that has shown to have harmful effects on laboratory animals. BPA is found in nearly all traditional washable rodent caging solutions, since it allows cages to withstand high-temperature wash and sterilization.
Innovive disposable cages, on the other hand, are BPA-free and made of 100% PET plastic.