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ArticleWellcome open research2025

The SnackerTracker: A novel home-cage monitoring device for measuring food-intake and food-seeking behaviour in mice.

Marissa Mueller, Selma Tir, Carina Pothecary, Elise Meijer, Laurence Brown, Keiran Foster, Vladyslav Vyazovskiy, Stuart Peirson, Zoltán Molnár

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Article in Wellcome open research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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9 authors.

Marissa MuellerPhysiology Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3PT, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5469-4544
Selma TirSleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, University of Oxford Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3QU, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5469-4544
Carina PothecarySleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, University of Oxford Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3QU, UK.
Elise MeijerPhysiology Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3PT, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4812-3275
Laurence BrownSleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, University of Oxford Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3QU, UK.
Keiran FosterDepartment of Physics, University of Oxford Department of Physics, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3PU, UK.
Vladyslav VyazovskiyPhysiology Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3PT, UK.
Stuart PeirsonSleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, University of Oxford Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3QU, UK.
Zoltán MolnárPhysiology Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3PT, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6852-6004

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Accurately measuring activity and feeding is important in laboratory animal research, whether for welfare-monitoring or experimental recording. Quantification commonly involves manual pellet-weighing; however, this can physically disturb animals and cannot continuously assess both the amount and pattern of feeding over time. Improved means of food-intake measurement have been developed but can be costly and incompatible with many cage configurations. Methods: We developed the Results: The Conclusions: We validate the performance and value of monitoring home cage feeding using the

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activity trackinganimal behaviouranimal welfarebiological rhythmscircadiancryptochromefood measurementHome-cage monitoring

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