Individually Ventilated Cage System for Rats
Quote-configured IVC system for laboratory rat housing.
Cage, rack, air-handling, filtration, power, and installation requirements are confirmed during quote review.
Louise Corscadden, PhD
Director of Science · ConductScience
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Key Specifications
Full details →- Model fit
- Rat IVC housing
- SKU family
- PTY-0005
- Sizing
- Model-specific dimensions confirmed from the selected configuration
- Ordering
- Quote-reviewed before fulfillment
- Category
- IVC Systems
- Build notes
- Confirm accessories, station layout, and support needs before purchase
Overview
The Individually Ventilated Cage System for Rats is the rat-specific page in the ConductScience IVC family. The final cage, rack, air-handling, filtration, power, and installation configuration is confirmed during quote review.
This page is the right starting point when a facility needs an IVC system for rat cohorts rather than mouse, rabbit, or guinea-pig housing. Share the colony size, room constraints, husbandry workflow, and facility requirements so the accepted quote can define the system.
Scientific Use
Rat IVC housing supports facilities running longer-duration behavioral, toxicology, aging, pain, neuroscience, immunology, and pharmacology studies where consistent cage conditions can reduce housing-related variability. The larger cage format and cage-level airflow planning make this page more relevant than mouse IVC pages for rat colony work.
Buying Fit
Choose this page for rat housing and compare it with the rabbit and guinea-pig pages when planning species-specific rooms, or with the mouse IVC family when the same facility is standardizing multiple rodent systems. Confirm the full rat-system configuration during quote review.
Features & Benefits
Species fit
- Rat IVC housing
Configuration
- Cage, rack, air-handling, filtration, power, and installation details confirmed during quote review
Research fit
- Rat behavioral, toxicology, pain, neuroscience, aging, and immunology workflows
Practical Tips
Use this page for rat housing instead of adapting a mouse IVC page; confirm the final rat-system configuration during quote review.
Why: Species-specific IVC selection affects cage scale, room fit, access workflow, and husbandry planning.
Validate cage-level supply and exhaust behavior after installation, filter changes, and rack movement.
Why: Individual cage ventilation depends on cage seating, filter condition, AHU setup, and room airflow conditions.
Record cage material, rack position, AHU settings, filter changes, and cage location in colony and facility records.
Why: Consistent housing records help research teams interpret long-running studies and simplify animal-care audits.
Setup Guide
What’s in the Box
- Rat IVC system configured during quote review
- Cage, rack, air-handling, filtration, and power configuration confirmed in the accepted quote
- Installation hardware and facility connection requirements confirmed in the accepted quote
Warranty
Support, replacement, and fulfillment terms are confirmed with the final quote and institutional purchasing requirements.
Compliance
How do I choose between the species-specific IVC pages?
Choose the rat IVC page for rat-focused research housing. Use quote review to confirm the full rat-system configuration, or the rabbit and guinea-pig pages for those species.
How is the final system configuration confirmed?
The accepted quote confirms cage material, rack, air-handling controls, filtration, power, installation, and commissioning requirements.
What facility details should be confirmed before ordering?
Confirm room fit, service clearance, facility connections, cage count, husbandry workflow, and monitoring expectations during quote review.
Can this be reviewed with the rest of the ConductScience IVC family?
Yes. Quote review can compare mouse PC, mouse PSU, high-density mouse, rat, rabbit, and guinea-pig IVC options so the final configuration fits the species and room plan.
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