For the last decade, Joint Biological Services (JBIOS) at Cardiff University have inverted animals for intraperitoneal (IP) injection. It was thought that tipping the head and body downward would move viscera away from the surface of the ventral abdomen, creating space to inject.1,2 Due to the risk of injecting into the caecum on the left hand side,34 intraperitoneal injections are carried out by injecting into the lower right quadrant of the animal's abdomen.
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Department of JBIOS, Cardiff University, College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, College House, King George V Drive East, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4EP;