DEVICE FOR RESEARCH feeding behavior in animal experiments

摘要

An apparatus for the study of feeding behavior in animal models, comprising starting and working compartments equipped with feeders for supplying test liquid food, characterized in that the feeders are in the form of bars, made of opaque moisture-resistant material, the upper face of which comprises a plurality of aligned depth loci for placing food that are in the form of cylindrical holes with hemispherical bases having all loci equal dimensions, wherein the edible feed loci ki provided with communicating with one another by pipelines, the feeder is provided with a through channel arranged coaxially entering the central locus of the trough, and pischeprovodnym fitting adapted to movement in the through channel for connection with communicating pipelines feeders, or the isolated compound to a central locus of the trough, wherein feeder equipped with removable inserts made of opaque moisture-resistant material, which contain edible loci with reduced as compared with the original and loci feeders, sizes, and loci feeders equipped with removable liners made from a moisture resistant material that mimic the type and amount laid in loci food, wherein the apparatus is provided with means of automatic supply of food, comprising a computer, a capacitive sensor, the pulse generator and the solenoid, and means automated registration comprising infrared sensors and strain gage, the bridge circuit, an amplifier and a multichannel recorder, and fitting the feeder Cpd pischeprovodny