A number of different approaches exist for assessing blood pressure in experimental
animals. Here, we briefly consider the traditional indirect (rodent tail-cuff) and direct (saline-
filled catheter) methods of blood pressure measurement before going on to describe our
experience with blood pressure telemetry in rabbits, rats, and mice. Blood pressure
telemetry offers the ability to obtain a high-fidelity recording of blood pressure continuously,
for relatively long periods of time, in conscious, freely moving animals, without the limitations …