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
  • CO2 production per unit time
  • 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.

Price and Specifications

Metabolic Measurement System

$ 3390

Per Month
  • Small portable unit with a solid case with a handle
  • Control unit with an integrated touchscreen GUI
  • Pump flow 1-1000 ml per minute, adjustable
  • Operating temperature 5-40°C, storage -20-60°C
  • Operating humidity 0-95%
  • Lithium-ion rechargeable battery pack (24v10AH) can be used in field experiments for at least 8 hours

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Apparatus and Equipment

The Metabolic Measurement System is a small portable unit with a solid case with a handle for maximum portability that can be used on-site under various complex field environmental conditions. The system features a control unit with an integrated touchscreen GUI that simultaneously displays oxygen, carbon dioxide, water vapor pressure, atmospheric pressure, and humidity in real-time. Using the accompanied software package, experiments online or offline. The offline data can be exported to software on the PC for further analysis. This system can be fully integrated with Maze Engineers Metabolic Treadmill, cages, and metabolic cages

Subject’s activity using the Metabolic Measurement System can be tracked using a video trackings software package such as Noldus EthoVision, ANY-Maze, or BehaviorCloud.

Software

The device provides the functionality to configure the protocols and monitor the results. The software on a PC can be used to view and analyze the results. There are two ways to use the software on PC: running protocols in real-time with the software or exporting the results to the software. Store a large data set and easy-to-export data with an included USB drive.

 

Data Analysis

The following parameters can be observed using the Metabolic Measurement System:

  • O2 consumption per unit time
  • CO2 production per unit time
  • 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%

Sensor Specifations

Parameter CO2 sensor O2 sensor
Detection range (percentage) 0-100% 0.1-100%
Measurement accuracy (percentage) 0.007% 0.5%
Response time (seconds) < 0.05 < 4.0
Resolution (percentage) 0.007% 0.01%

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