Novel method for evaluating the health condition of mice in space through a video downlink.

ABSTRACT: Clarification of the criteria for managing animal health is essential to increase the reliability of experiments and ensure transparency in animal welfare. For experiments performed in space, there is no consensus on how to care for animals owing to technical issues, launch mass limitation, and human resources. Some biological processes in mammals, such as musculoskeletal or immune processes, are altered in the space environment, and mice in space can be used to simulate morbid states, such as senescence acceleration. Thus, there is a need to establish a novel evaluation method and evaluation criteria to monitor animal health. Here, we report a novel method to evaluate the health of mice in space through a video downlink in a series of space experiments using the Multiple Artificial-gravit

SUBMITTER: Yumoto A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8150242 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature