Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking to purchase an IntelliCage-PhenoMaster System, a unique equipment for conducting comprehensive neuro-metabolic toxicological phenotyping in mice. The system includes various components such as PhenoMaster Cages and Controls, gas measuring components, food/drink body weight and access control, three-dimensional activity, and IntelliCage System. The purchase is supported by a Shared Equipment Grant from the VA's Military Exposure Research Program. The contract will be awarded as a firm-fixed-price contract, and the anticipated cost to the government is $968,417.20.
• The system will be used to study the impact of toxicant exposures on neurocognitive/neuropsychiatric and metabolic disease risk.
• The system will allow for the assessment of murine behavior in group-housed, free-living mice in a non-invasive manner.
• The system will conduct high-throughput, cutting-edge studies of neurotoxicity.
• The system will integrate metabolic and neurological toxicity, which requires the integration of the IntelliCages with the PhenoMaster.