LABORAS

LABORAS is a powerful system that fully automates the behaviour scoring of small laboratory animals like rats and mice. LABORAS is based on vibration and force analysis to determine both the behaviour and the position of the animal.

Unlike many other systems, such as photo-beam trackers and video tracking, LABORAS not only provides tracking related data but also identifies and scores a wide range of real behaviours. This unique functionality enables the customers to perform behavioural research faster with more consistency and efficiency in comparison to the results generated by human observations or other currently available systems.

LABORAS is highly valued in research involving screening of drug candidates, toxicology/safety pharmacology and phenotyping of laboratory animals.

Unique product features:

• LABORAS detects more than 15 behaviours with continuous development of new stereotypical behaviour detection capabilities
• It doesn’t use video and therefore enables measurements in absolute darkness
• LABORAS is free of observer bias and provides reliable, high quality data independent of laboratory and training level of observers
• It is a valuable tool to standardise behavioural measurements, especially disciplines falling under GLP regulations
• LABORAS increases the throughput and reduces the lead time of your experiment, reducing the number of animals and improving the efficiency of your research
• It detects behaviors that are extremely difficult or impossible to score consistently, such as very short or fast behaviours
• LABORAS generates only 1MB of data per hour/per cage

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