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
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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