Forage counting type mouse house

Abstract

The utility model relates to an ingestion counting type rat house, and belongs to the technical field of animal equipment, the ingestion counting type rat house comprises a house body, a plurality of exploration barrels used for placing food are arranged on the upper side of the outer side of the house body, openings are formed in the same side of the house body, and the sides, close to each other, of every two adjacent exploration barrels; a climbing assembly is arranged between every two adjacent exploration barrels located on the same side of the house body. The experimental mouse breeding device has the advantages that the breeding environment is improved, and the experimental mouse can be better cultured.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of animal equipment, and in particular to a food intake counting mouse house. Background Art

[0002] Laboratory mice are one of the commonly used animal species in life science research. In order to create a better breeding environment for laboratory mice, they are usually placed in mouse houses. On the one hand, this is beneficial to the growth and development of laboratory mice, and on the other hand, it is beneficial to the accuracy of experimental data.

[0003] A Chinese patent with publication number CN203219799U discloses an experimental mouse house, comprising a hemispherical house body inverted on the ground, an arched door for mice to enter and exit is opened along the circumferential edge of the house body, wherein the center line connecting the arched door and the center line of the house body are not on the same straight line, and anti-slip teeth are also provided at the contact point between the bottom of the house body and the ground. This device has a simple structure, meets the requirements for feeding mice, and is convenient for mice to conduct various experiments.

[0004] The mouse house in the related art has a single function and is difficult to better train the laboratory mice. Utility Model Content

[0005] In order to improve the breeding environment and enable experimental mice to be better trained, the present application provides a food-taking and counting mouse house.

[0006] The present application provides a feeding counting mouse house adopting the following technical solution:

[0007] A food-collecting and counting mouse house comprises a main body, wherein a plurality of exploration buckets for placing food are arranged on the upper side of the outer side of the main body, an opening is arranged on the side where two adjacent exploration buckets on the same side of the main body are close to each other, and a climbing component is arranged between two adjacent exploration buckets on the same side of the main body.

[0008] By adopting the above technical solution, food is placed in the exploration barrel. At this time, the experimental mouse can climb to the corresponding exploration barrel through the climbing component on the house body, and enter the exploration barrel through the opening of the exploration barrel to obtain food, thereby improving the interest of the breeding environment while feeding the experimental mouse. In addition, multiple exploration barrels are provided so that all experimental mice can obtain food, reducing the possibility that some experimental mice have difficulty in obtaining food per unit time, thereby improving the breeding environment and enabling the experimental mice to be better cultivated.

[0009] Optionally, the climbing assembly includes a climbing ladder corresponding to two adjacent exploration barrels, the climbing ladder includes a plurality of climbing steps arranged along the height direction of the roof body, each of the climbing steps is perpendicular to the height direction of the roof body and fixedly connected to the outer side wall of the roof body.

[0010] By adopting the above technical solution, when the laboratory mice obtain food by climbing the ladder, they move step by step from the lower side of the house body along the climbing steps to the same height as the exploration bucket, and enter the exploration bucket along the opening of the exploration bucket to obtain food, thereby satisfying the exploratory feeding nature of the laboratory mice, improving the breeding environment, and achieving better training effects for the laboratory mice.

[0011] Optionally, two adjacent exploration barrels located on the same side of the roof body and facing away from each other are fixedly connected to a climbing rope at their ends, and ends of the climbing ropes facing away from the corresponding exploration barrels are fixedly connected to the outer side wall of the roof body.

[0012] By adopting the above technical solution, the exploration bucket is installed on the outside of the roof body, and the exploration bucket is further fixed to the roof body by a climbing rope, which increases the contact area between the exploration bucket and the roof body, thereby improving the stability of the exploration bucket, further improving the breeding environment, and achieving a better breeding effect for experimental mice.

[0013] Optionally, the roof body is in the shape of a triangular prism and is arranged horizontally.

[0014] By adopting the above technical solution, the roof body is set in a triangular prism shape, so that the roof body has stability and reduces the possibility of the roof body tipping over due to multiple experimental mice climbing up. The roof body is set horizontally, so it is convenient to install multiple exploration buckets on the roof body along the length direction of the roof body, so that the roof body can accommodate multiple experimental mice to obtain food, reducing the possibility of some experimental mice having difficulty in obtaining food per unit time, and further achieving the effect of improving the breeding environment and better cultivating the experimental mice.

[0015] Optionally, the roof body is continuous along its length direction, and a plurality of open windows communicating with the interior of the roof body are provided on the lower sides of both sides of the roof body.

[0016] By adopting the above technical solution, the main body of the house is connected along the length direction, thereby providing sufficient space for the activities of experimental mice. At the same time, the open windows connect the inside and outside of the main body of the house, further increasing the space for experimental mice to play inside and outside the main body of the house. There are no dead corners inside and outside the main body of the house, which is convenient for reuse and cleaning and disinfection, further improving the breeding environment and achieving better training effects for experimental mice.

[0017] Optionally, the upper sides of both ends of the roof body are provided with fixing ropes arranged along the height direction of the roof body, and the lower ends of the fixing ropes are fixedly connected to swings.

[0018] By adopting the above technical solution, swings are installed at both ends of the roof body, which is convenient for the experimental mice to play. When the experimental mice move to the upper side of the outer side of the roof body by climbing the steps, they can move to the swing along the fixed rope at the end of the roof body and fall to the ground from the swing, thereby increasing the path for the experimental mice to move from the exploration barrel to the ground, further improving the breeding environment, and achieving better training effects for the experimental mice.

[0019] Optionally, the exploration barrels are all equipped with infrared counters for counting the experimental mice in the exploration barrels, and the infrared counters are all wirelessly connected to a display.

[0020] By adopting the above technical solution, when the experimental mice move to the exploration bucket to obtain food, the corresponding infrared counter counts the experimental mice in the exploration bucket and transmits the electrical signal to the display, so that the number of times the experimental mice eat can be counted through the numerical value displayed on the display, so as to observe the activity level of the experimental mice and further enable the experimental mice to be better trained.

[0021] Optionally, the roof body is configured to be a roof body made of plastic or wood.

[0022] By adopting the above technical solution, the main body of the house is made of plastic or wood, thereby reducing the possibility of the main body of the house made of metal or concrete shielding or weakening the earth's magnetic field, reducing the possibility of various functional disorders or abnormal behaviors of experimental mice, and further achieving the effect of better training of experimental mice.

[0023] In summary, the present application includes at least one of the following beneficial technical effects:

[0024] 1. Place food in the exploration bucket. At this time, the experimental mice can climb to the corresponding exploration bucket through the climbing components on the main body of the house, and enter the exploration bucket through the opening of the exploration bucket to obtain food, thereby improving the interest of the breeding environment while feeding the experimental mice. In addition, multiple exploration buckets are provided so that the experimental mice can all obtain food, reducing the possibility that some experimental mice have difficulty in obtaining food per unit time, thereby improving the breeding environment and enabling the experimental mice to be better cultivated;

[0025] 2. The roof body is set in a triangular prism shape, which makes the roof body stable and reduces the possibility of the roof body falling down due to multiple experimental mice climbing. The horizontal setting of the roof body facilitates the installation of multiple exploration buckets along the length direction of the roof body, so that multiple experimental mice can be accommodated on the roof body to obtain food. The roof body is connected along the length direction, and the open windows connect the inside and outside of the roof body, thereby providing sufficient space for the activities of the experimental mice, further increasing the space for the experimental mice to play inside and outside the roof body, and facilitating reuse and cleaning and disinfection;

[0026] 3. When the experimental mice move to the exploration bucket to get food, the corresponding infrared counter counts the experimental mice in the exploration bucket and transmits the electrical signal to the display, so that the number of times the experimental mice eat can be counted through the numerical value displayed on the display, so as to observe the activity level of the experimental mice and further enable the experimental mice to be better trained. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0027] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the food-taking and counting mouse house in the embodiment of the present application.

[0028] Figure 2 It is a structural diagram showing the positional relationship between the swing and the infrared counter in the embodiment of the present application.

[0029] Explanation of the reference numerals: 1. House body; 11. Open window; 2. Exploration barrel; 21. Opening; 22. Infrared counter; 3. Climbing component; 31. Climbing steps; 32. Climbing rope; 4. Fixed rope; 41. Swing. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] The present application is further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0031] The present application embodiment discloses a food-taking counting mouse house. Figure 1 A feeding counting mouse house includes a horizontal roof body 1 in the shape of a triangular prism, the width of the roof body 1 gradually decreases from bottom to top and the roof body 1 is continuous along its length direction. In the embodiment of the present application, the roof body 1 is a wooden roof body 1, and in other embodiments, the roof body 1 can be a plastic roof body 1. Figure 1 and Figure 2 Two open windows 11 communicating with the interior of the roof body 1 are provided on the lower sides of both sides of the roof body 1, and the open windows 11 located on the same side of the roof body 1 are symmetrically arranged.

[0032] Reference Figure 1 and Figure 2 , a plurality of horizontal exploration buckets 2 for placing food are fixedly connected to one side outside the main body 1 and arranged along the length direction. In the embodiment of the present application, two exploration buckets 2 are arranged and arranged oppositely at the two ends of the same side of the main body 1. An opening 21 is provided at one end of the exploration buckets 2 arranged oppositely to each other. Two exploration buckets 2 arranged opposite to the exploration buckets 2 are also fixedly connected to the other side outside the main body 1 and arranged along the length direction. Climbing components 3 are provided in the middle of the outer side walls on both sides of the main body 1, and the climbing components 3 are located between the two exploration buckets 2 located on the same side of the main body 1.

[0033] An infrared counter 22 is installed on the upper side of the exploration barrel 2 near the opening 21, and the infrared counter 22 is wirelessly connected to a display (not shown in the figure). When the experimental mouse enters and exits the exploration barrel 2, the corresponding infrared counter 22 records 2 times and transmits the electrical signal to the display, so the number displayed on the display divided by 2 represents the number of times the experimental mouse has eaten.

[0034] The food is placed in the exploration bucket 2. At this time, the experimental mouse can climb to the same height as the exploration bucket 2 through the climbing component 3 on the house body 1, and enter the exploration bucket 2 through the opening 21 of the exploration bucket 2 to obtain food. The corresponding infrared counter 22 counts the experimental mice in the exploration bucket 2 and transmits the electrical signal to the display, so as to facilitate the counting of the number of times the experimental mouse eats through the numerical value displayed on the display to observe the activity level of the experimental mouse.

[0035] The roof body 1 is set in a triangular prism shape, so that the roof body 1 has stability and reduces the possibility of multiple experimental mice climbing and causing the roof body 1 to topple over. The roof body 1 is set horizontally, which is convenient for installing two exploration buckets 2 on the same side on the roof body 1, so that the roof body 1 can accommodate multiple experimental mice to obtain food, reducing the possibility that some experimental mice have difficulty in obtaining food within a unit time.

[0036] The main body 1 is connected along the length direction, and the open window 11 connects the inside and outside of the main body 1, which further increases the space for the experimental mice to play inside and outside the main body 1, so that there are no dead corners inside and outside the main body 1, which is convenient for reuse and cleaning and disinfection. The main body 1 is made of wood to reduce the possibility of shielding or weakening the earth's magnetic field force by the main body 1 made of metal or concrete, and reduce the possibility of various functional disorders or abnormal behaviors of the experimental mice.

[0037] Reference Figure 1 The climbing assembly 3 includes a climbing ladder arranged along the height direction of the side wall of the roof body 1. The climbing ladder is located between the two oppositely arranged exploration barrels 2 on the same side of the roof body 1 and in the middle of the side wall of the roof body 1. The climbing ladder includes a plurality of horizontal climbing steps 31 fixedly connected to the outer side wall of the roof body 1. The climbing steps 31 are all located in a vertical cross section in the length direction of the same roof body 1. A climbing rope 32 is fixedly connected to the middle of the lower side of the two oppositely arranged exploration barrels 2 on the same side of the roof body 1 away from each other. The ends of the climbing ropes 32 away from the corresponding exploration barrels 2 are inclined toward the side close to each other and downward, and the ends of the climbing ropes 32 on the same side of the roof body 1 away from the exploration barrels 2 are fixedly connected to the same climbing step 31.

[0038] When the experimental mice obtain food by climbing the ladder, they move step by step from the lower side of the roof body 1 along the climbing steps 31 to the same height as the exploration bucket 2, and enter the exploration bucket 2 along the opening 21 of the exploration bucket 2 to obtain food. The exploration bucket 2 is installed on the side wall of the roof body 1, and the exploration bucket 2 is further fixed to the roof body 1 by the climbing rope 32, which increases the contact area between the exploration bucket 2 and the roof body 1, thereby improving the stability of the exploration bucket 2.

[0039] Reference Figure 1 and Figure 2 The upper sides of both ends of the vertical body 1 are fixedly connected with vertical fixed ropes 4, and the lower ends of the fixed ropes 4 are installed with swings 41. The swings 41 at both ends of the body 1 are convenient for the experimental mice to play, and when the experimental mice move to the upper side of the outer side of the body 1 by climbing the steps 31, they can move along the fixed ropes 4 at the ends of the body 1 to the swings 41, and fall from the swings 41 to the ground, increasing the path for the experimental mice to move from the exploration barrel 2 to the ground.

[0040] The implementation principle of the food-gathering counting mouse house of the embodiment of the present application is as follows: food is placed in the exploration barrel 2, and the experimental mouse moves step by step from the lower side of the house body 1 along the climbing steps 31 to the same height as the exploration barrel 2, and enters the exploration barrel 2 along the opening 21 of the exploration barrel 2 to obtain food. The corresponding infrared counter 22 counts the experimental mice in the exploration barrel 2 and transmits the electrical signal to the display, so as to facilitate the counting of the number of times the experimental mice eat through the numerical value displayed on the display to observe the activity level of the experimental mice.

[0041] The above are all preferred embodiments of the present application, and the protection scope of the present application is not limited thereto. Therefore, any equivalent changes made according to the structure, shape, and principle of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A feeding counting mouse house, characterized in that: The invention comprises a roof body (1), wherein a plurality of exploration buckets (2) for placing food are provided on the upper side of the outer side of the roof body (1), an opening (21) is provided on the side where two adjacent exploration buckets (2) are located on the same side of the roof body (1) and close to each other, and a climbing assembly (3) is provided between two adjacent exploration buckets (2) located on the same side of the roof body (1); The climbing assembly (3) comprises a climbing ladder corresponding to two adjacent exploration barrels (2), the climbing ladder comprising a plurality of climbing steps (31) arranged along the height direction of the roof body (1), each of the climbing steps (31) being perpendicular to the height direction of the roof body (1) and fixedly connected to the outer side wall of the roof body (1); The exploration barrels (2) are all equipped with infrared counters (22) for counting the number of experimental mice in the exploration barrels (2), and the infrared counters (22) are all wirelessly connected to a display.

2. A food-taking and counting mouse house according to claim 1, characterized in that: Two adjacent exploration barrels (2) located on the same side of the roof body (1) and facing away from each other are fixedly connected to a climbing rope (32), and one end of the climbing rope (32) facing away from the corresponding exploration barrel (2) is fixedly connected to the outer wall of the roof body (1).

3. The feeding counting mouse house according to claim 1, characterized in that: The roof body (1) is in the shape of a triangular prism and is arranged horizontally.

4. A food-taking and counting mouse house according to claim 3, characterized in that: The roof body (1) is continuous along its length direction, and a plurality of open windows (11) communicating with the interior of the roof body (1) are provided on the lower sides of both sides of the roof body (1).

5. The feeding counting mouse house according to claim 4, characterized in that: The upper sides of both ends of the roof body (1) are provided with fixing ropes (4) arranged along the height direction of the roof body (1), and the lower ends of the fixing ropes (4) are fixedly connected to swings (41).

6. The food-taking and counting mouse house according to claim 1, characterized in that: The roof body (1) is configured as a roof body (1) made of plastic or wood.

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