This Treadmill is an economical treadmill. It consists of endless conveyor type belts driven by a DC servo motor with optical encoder for precise speed control. The animals are separated from each other by opaque partitions. The motor drive electronics permits the user to select any speed from 0 up to 100 meters per minute. The grade can be adjusted manually or optionally with a motorized grade adjuster.
A shock grid is built into each channel which can be used to train animals to run. In addition, the front of the treadmill is made of dark acrylic so that the animals can run towards the darkened section of the channel (runway). Thus, the animals are provided with both negative and positive stimuli resulting in a significantly reduced training period.
Another unique feature is the slide out trays that make it very easy to clean the unit.
A major advantage offered by this Treadmill is the special design of the belt and shock bars. This provides the animal with a tactile warning that it is approaching the shock bars. The animals thus learn to speed up without being shocked, thus reducing trauma.
The runways can be made air tight to permit the researcher to conduct gas exchange studies (VO2/VC02) on each animal separately. The Metabolic Monitoring System can be combined with the treadmill for such studies.
The Treadmill is constructed to optimize exercise volume to provide fast response in gas exchange studies.System Requirements
• MS Windows® 2000 or Windows® XP
• Pentium III 733 MHz with USB ports
• 128MB RAM
• 10GB Hard Drive
• CD-ROM Drive
• PS2 style keyboard and mouse ports
• Direct X Video Card (16MB)