Director:
Kem Singletary
(225) 763-0924

Co-Director:
Chris Morrison
(225) 763-3145

Staff:
Jennifer Terrebonne
(225) 763-3121

Animal Metabolism &
Behavior Core
Pennington Biomedical
Research Center
6400 Perkins Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70808

Hours:
8am - 4pm M-F
Closed Holidays

Animal Metabolism & Behavior Core

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Body Composition

The AMBC offers two devices to examine body composition. Both are a non-invasive methods of analyzing fat mass, lean mass, and free fluid measurements for live non anesthetized animals.

Minispec LF50 TD-NMR System

  • Measures mice from 10 to 80 grams

  • Measurement time of one minute per animal

  • Operates using the mq Minispec software

  • For rate information please visit: Rates

               

Minispec LF90 Series TD-NMR System

  • Measures mice and rats from 20 to 800 grams

  • Measurement time of one minute per animal

  • Operates using the Minispec Plus software

  • For rate information please visit: Rates

For more information visit: Bruker Optics TD-NMR