Automated metabolic phenotyping system for mice using indirect calorimetry

Summary

Ghent University is procuring, in one lot, a complete automated metabolic phenotyping system for mice using open-circuit indirect calorimetry. The system must measure at least 12 individually housed mice simultaneously and include an environmental chamber operating from 4 °C to 35 °C, gas sensing for O₂, CO₂, H₂ and CH₄, cage-level food, water and activity monitoring, and control and analysis software. Supply includes delivery, installation, commissioning, calibration, user training, warranty, consumables and maintenance; the system will be used at the VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research in Zwijnaarde.