[RecDate - an IT-solution for the documentation and quality management of reproductive medicine].

Objectives: The aim of this paper was to describe the possible use of the software RecDate für documentation and Quality Management in Reproductive Medicine.

Material And Methods: RecDate was programmed using the data base program Filemaker Pro. The functions and potentials of RecDate were analyzed.

An automated training device for pattern discrimination learning of group-housed gerbils.

The setup, designed for the rodent Meriones unguiculatus (gerbil), allows flexible stimulus presentations and rewarding as well as on-line data registration. It consists of a spacious housing where the animals have free access to water. Food is supplied exclusively in the y-maze training compartment and serves as a reinforcer in an operant conditioning paradigm.