Fig. 6: Episodes of reduced cardio-metabolic activity in mice housed in MCs at 23 °C.
From: Thermoneutral environment improves mouse welfare and reduces stress in metabolic cages
a–e, Time-locked telemetry data (hours 48–57 of the experiment) from a male mouse of the MC23 group while housed in the MC, which include core body temperature (a), respiratory rate (b), heart rate (c), mean arterial blood pressure (d) and activity (e) measured with an abdominally implanted HD-S11 transmitter over the course of 8 h. The blue rectangles indicate a 2-h episode. f, The percentage of male mice in each group showing at least one episode of reduced cardio-metabolic activity during MC housing. Single-housed mice were either continuously kept in MCs at 23 °C for 4 days (MC23, blue, n = 6♀ + 6♂) or acclimatized for 3 h per day until day 4 (accMC23, orange, n = 5♀ + 6♂).
