Home Cage Analyser by Actual Analytics

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What Is The Home Cage Analyser?

In the past, measuring most behaviours in rodents meant housing animals singly, in bespoke arenas. Analysis was limited to the designated hours of observation, meaning researchers obtained little more than artificial snapshots with activity and behaviour in social groups going entirely unobserved.

The Home Cage Analyser gathers data 24/7 in the least invasive way possible. The technology is a modular, scaleable and universal solution which can be installed in all animal facilities.

Digitise Your Vivarium

ActualHCA provides automated analysis of discrete behaviours, body temperature and locomotor activity, tagged to each individual animal within their normal social group. Isolation of individual animals is no longer needed to collect rich behavioural data.

Monitoring rodents in this non-invasive manner, produces highly reproducible and robust data for a wide range of scientific applications.

Home Cage Analyser Features

Socially Grouped Animals

RFID microchips allow the system to record and analyse individual rodent behaviour whilst retaining their social groups. This provides you with analysis of discrete behaviours, temperature and locomotor activity tagged to each individual animal within their social group. In fact the social interactions within the groups are measured, these are powerful digital biomarkers that would otherwise be lost.

24/7 Analysis

Data is recorded around the clock with no time limits. Infrared lighting provides HD quality video day and night.

Universal

The System does not use a bespoke cage/arena, it really is their home cage. The HCA system is available in desktop or rack-mounted where it fits into most standard IVC racks regardless of the type of caging you currently have. There is no need to modify existing caging.

Scalable

The system is highly deployable and scalable. Multiple units can be installed per rack to meet the specifications of your experiments.

Multiple Data Levels

The system collects data for each individual animal on various levels, locomotor, temperature and behavioural. This includes discrete behaviours such as drinking, eating and climbing, as well as circadian rhythm and locomotor data.

3RS Benefits

The quantity of longitudinal data gathered provides additional statistical power, meaning fewer animals are required. The behavioural data collected is entirely non-invasive and based on identifying individual behaviour in the home cage and does not require social isolation of the animals. Remote observation capabilities facilitate enhanced welfare monitoring. Live data analytics can flag potential welfare issues in real time. Find out more here.

Live Alert System

Data analysis occurs during the study. Data events from live analysis can be used to drive welfare alerts. Alerts indicate if an animal starts behaviour abnormally, and perhaps needs attention from staff.

Remote Access

The system allows you to remotely observe your animals throughout the experiment via a live video feed. Not only does this save you time and resources, it enhances your welfare monitoring. The HD IR video allows you to zoom into specific behaviours, with ive analytics flagging potential welfare issues in real time.