Does the type of caging matter when creating a model of dietary iron deficiency in mice?

16 December 2019 0 10K Report

I am creating a murine model of dietary iron deficiency. The cages we use in our facility had a stainless steel grid type tops and the water bottles have a stainless steel end to the spout. Is it likely that they will get any significant enteral iron this way.

A couple of older papers talk about using deionized water and plastic tops to cages but most papers describing their models do not.

Can anyone advise?

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