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At the authors' facility, housing arrangements for Xenopus laevis were cumbersome and labor-intensive, requiring technicians to wash frog tanks by hand several times a week. The authors describe an alternative housing solution they implemented by modifying a rack system that was originally used to maintain zebrafish. The rack's self-contained water circulation and filtration system saved technicians time and labor, and a commercial chiller attached to the mechanism efficiently controlled frogs' environmental temperature.
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White-James, J., McAndrew, D., Badman, J. et al. Alternative housing for Xenopus laevis. Lab Anim 37, 161–163 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/laban0408-161
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