An open source automatic feeder for animal experiments
An open source automatic feeder for animal experiments
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ohx.2016.09.001
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发表时间：
2017-04-01
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2.2
通讯作者：
Fitch, W. Tecumseh
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作者：
Oh, Jinook;Hofer, Riccardo;Fitch, W. Tecumseh
自动喂食器广泛应用于动物实验中，为每次试验分配准确数量的食物奖励。有几种用于动物实验的商用自动喂食器可供使用，这些喂食器专门针对某些物种和食物类型。然而，如果研究人员能够轻松地构建自己的、针对其研究物种、食物类型和其他实验考虑因素定制的实验饲养器，这对他们来说将是有益的。在本文中，我们描述了一个使用 Arduino 微控制器的开源实验喂食器。送料器的设计注重简单性，以提供直接的构建过程，并允许根据各种要求进行定制修改。建造这个喂食器的成本不到（原文如此）200，我们已经成功地用三种不同的食物类型测试了我们的设计，供鸽子、猫和狨猴使用。 (C) 2016 年作者。由爱思唯尔有限公司出版
Automatic feeders are widely used in animal experiments to dispense an accurate amount of food reward for each trial. Several commercial automatic feeders for animal experiments are available which are specific to certain species and food types. However, it would be beneficial for researchers if they could easily build their own experimental feeders customized for their study species, food types, and other experimental considerations. In this paper, we describe an open source experimental feeder using an Arduino microcontroller. The design of the feeder is focused on simplicity to provide a straight-forward building process and allow custom modifications for various requirements. The cost for building this feeder is less than (sic)200 and we have successfully tested our design with three different food types for pigeons, cats, and marmoset monkeys. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.