This Gas Anesthesia Platform for Mice allows for precise and secure positioning of an animal during anesthesia and surgery when used with the 51625 Mouse and Neonatal Rat Adaptor. After removing the animal from the induction chamber, it can be quickly mounted on the platform. The animal’s teeth are placed over the incisor bar and the mouse mask slids forward until the cone is snug about the animal’s nose, thereby substituting for the nose clamp. The platform is then lifted onto the Cunningham™ Mouse Adaptor, providing positioning of the animal that is perfect, automatic and effortless. The gas anesthesia platform and mask is also useful for non-stereotaxic related experimental applications. With the platform placed on your bench top, simply fix the head of the mouse or rat in the mask, attach appropriate tubing (1/4 inch I.D.) to the gas mask, and you’re ready to perform surgery, injections, or implantations under gas anesthesia.