Mar 01, 2022
Fecal Pellet Composition
- 1University of Ottawa
Protocol Citation: Haley Geertsma 2022. Fecal Pellet Composition. protocols.io https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.b5svq6e6
License: This is an open access protocol distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
Protocol status: Working
We use this protocol and it’s working
Created: March 01, 2022
Last Modified: March 01, 2022
Protocol Integer ID: 58933
Abstract
This protocol is used to measure the water content of mouse fecal pellets over 1 hour.
Place mice in a clean cage and collect their fecal pellets produced over 1 hour.
1h
Return mice to their home cage and weigh the fecal pellets (wet weight).
1m
Desiccate the fecal pellets at 65oC for 19 hours then reweigh the fecal pellets (dry weight).
19h