Waterfowl facility
Details
- Infrastructure type
- Ecotron outdoor
- Institute
The facility
This is a facility for keeping waterfowl for behavioural and physiological research. The facility consists of an outdoor aviary and a building for birds indoors.
The outdoor aviary consists of a frame of a tunnel (52 x 10 m), covered by netting, with an artificial ditch (42 x 3 m) with water flow made of a wooden base. The area within the tunnel is subdivided in eight compartments that can be easily joined by removing the fences over the ditch. Next to the tunnel is a fenced field (27 x 27 m).
The adjacent building consists of five rooms, including two storage rooms and a kitchen room, an experimental room (10 x 5 m), and a large room (13 x 14 m) with three 1 m deep basins (3 x 6 m) that can be used to house birds indoors (for experiments but also, for instance, in case of emergency, the so-called 'ophokplicht').
Species groups studied
Birds
Running period (guaranteed funding)
2011 – Undetermined
Equipment / facilities
- In outdoor aviary: animal weighing scale (Maas, range 30 kg, resolution 10 g) with sluice (1,0 x 0,5 x 0,9 m) in outdoor aviary.
- In building: respirometer (Sable Systems) with multiplexer to measure 4 birds simultaneously.
|
Qty |
Item |
Description |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
FMS |
Field Metabolic System with gas sampling system, Water Vapor sensor, CO2 sensor, O2 sensor, computer controllable baselining, and 12 channel data acquisition interface |
|
1 |
FK-100 |
Flow Kit 100 complete flow system for flow rates from 5-100 L/min, in field case |
|
1 |
MFS-5 |
Mass flow system with integrated pump and mass flow meter for flows from 100-4000 ml/min |
|
1 |
RM-8-1 |
Eight channel respirometer multiplexer, configured for stop flow |
|
1 |
PUMP-40-2U |
HP-40 pump, vacuum mode, 230VAC input |
|
3 |
MFM (mass flow meter) |
Alicat MFM 0-10 SLPM; for standalone use with power supply and analog output cable |
|
3 |
C5603 |
1/4" push to connect panel mount in-line needle valve with lock collar |
|
3 |
CABLE-BNC- ALICAT |
CABLE-BNC to DB-15F for Alicat MFM |
|
1 |
KIT-RSYS |
Accessory kit for respirometry for use with FlowKit based systems using 0.25" or larger hose |
|
1 |
SW-EXPEDATA-P |
Expedata data acquisition and analysis software: Professional version |
Data management
Any handling of animals is registered in BAS
Available datasets
None
Conditions for access
Access is limited, always after consultation with contact person.
Details
- Infrastructure type
- Ecotron outdoor
- Institute
