Maze Engineers Metabolism Measurement System is multi-purpose, portable, easy-to-operate, with high precision and high resolution, and a large data storage capacity. Measurable metabolic parameters include:
- O2 consumption per unit time, accuracy to 1ml
- CO2 production per unit time, accuracy to 1ml
- Respiratory entropy (RQ)
- Respiratory exchange rate (RER)
- Energy consumption
- Metabolic rate (MR)
- Temperature, accuracy 0.1°C; humidity accuracy ±1% RH; air pressure, accuracy 0.075%
This system is suitable for all kinds of subjects such as insects, mice, rats, small and medium and large wild animals, poultry and livestock etc. as the research object. The research areas utilising this system include physiology, ecological health, and biomedical sciences. More specifically,
- Research on the behavior, physiology and evolution of wild animals adapting to the environment.
- Obesity, cardiovascular, diabetes, ageing and other health research using experimental animals as models.
- Research on nutrition, greenhouse gas emissions, etc., with economic animals such as livestock and poultry as
the research object.
