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A transportation device for rats

Lab Animal volume 39, pages 279–281 (2010)Cite this article

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Subjecting laboratory animals to handling-induced stress can lead to variable experimental errors. Additionally, handling wild species may endanger laboratory staff and the animals themselves. To protect both laboratory staff and laboratory animals, the author created a useful device for transporting wild rats (Rattus norvegicus). Though the author designed this device for moving wild rats, he suggests that it could be used with all mammals of comparable size. Here, the author describes this device, which he has found to be particularly helpful when physical contact between animals and humans is a problem.

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Figure 1: Using the transporting device.
Figure 2: Using the attachable sleeve.
Figure 3: A schematic showing how to use the device to transport a rat.
Figure 4: A relatively rare situation, in which a rat must be forced to enter the device.
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  1. Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

    Rafał Stryjek

  2. Helena Chodkowska University of Management and Law, Warsaw, Poland

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Stryjek, R. A transportation device for rats. Lab Anim 39, 279–281 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/laban0910-279

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