Digital Ventilated Cages (DVC)

The Digital Ventilated Cage (DVC^®) is a unique homecage monitoring system based on the standard Tecniplast IVC mouse cage system,. A mix of electronics and software components enable to assess mouse behavior directly from the standard homecage.

The mobile DVC^® Recovery Unit enables the assessment of locomotion and behavior in small groups of mice, thus adding valuable information on animal welbeing during the course of experiments. It provides a controlled temperature and ventilation environment with the plastic enclosure insulating the chamber thermally and acoustically.       
The DVC^® Analytics platform offers automated data collection and digital biomarkers pre-calculation as well as it provides graphical tools to group, filter, zoom, look at data from different aspects. In addition, it provides several validated digital biomarkers to complement studies and discover new insights.