The use of rectal probes associated to digital thermometers is one of the most classical procedures used in this context as it represents an easy and accurate way to measure animal body core temperature.
Animal body temperature is a key factor to control in a wide variety of pharmacological and behavioral experiments: surgery, evaluation of pain sensitivity to thermal stimuli, evaluation of blood pressure using the non-invasive method, etc…
Surgery tables are classically used for completing general surgical work on small laboratory animals.
Anesthesia induction is the first step of the anesthesia process when general anesthesia is required in the experiment procedure (pain models, electrophysiology, lesions, stereotaxy etc…).