Cage Cards

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Every cage is required to have a cage card.

• This is an index card that can be of any color.

• The card must include a PI (i.e., Beenhakker) sticker at the top.

• Include mouse information (e.g., strain, DOB).

• Below the sticker, also include your unique ID (e.g., mpb01).

• Also include the genotype/strain.

• If the cage only contains 1 mouse (i.e., "single housed"), then the cage card also requires a yellow dot sticker. Please note that singly housed mice require a minimum of 2 enrichment devices (e.g., paper cup, piece of wood).

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Every mouse that has had a surgery requires its own surgery card.

• This is always a red card.

• This card includes surgical information.

• Animals receiving surgery must be checked every post-operative day for 6 days. Therefore, the card must be filled out for each of the 6 post-operative days.

  • Day 1 = day of surgery.

• If a cage contains multiple mice with surgeries, then the cage must have multiple surgery cards, one for each animal.​​

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