A DEVICE THAT ALLOWS RODENTS TO BEHAVIORALLY THERMOREGULATE WHEN HOUSED IN VIVARIUMS  - DATA
Laboratories and vivariums are maintained at ambient temperatures (Ta) of 20-24 ⁰C and it is widely accepted that mice maintained under these conditions are cold stressed. When mice are inactive and sleeping in the daytime, their zone of thermoneutrality associated with a basal metabolic rate is 30-32 ⁰C. If given a …