"For our research, EthoVision XT is an essential tool for sophisticated analysis of behavior as it relates to neural circuit function"
Garret Stuber, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC Neuroscience center, Chapel Hill, USA
“EthoVision software has dramatically improved all areas of behavior testing”
Joshua Matulonis, Research Foundation at Stony Brook University, USA
“Tracking software is in the forefront of scientific studies, but various software platforms are either not reliable or very difficult to use. EthoVision XT provides extremely reliable software with an interface that allows everyone to easily track animals” - Erik R. Duboue, New York University, USA
"A great tool for tracking very small insect larvae under IR conditions"
Nick Birch, Scottish Crop Researcher Institute, Dundee, UK
"We successfully use EthoVision and plan to use The Observer in practice for our students"
Marina Pleskacheva, Moscow State University, Lab. Of Physiology, Genetics and Behavior, Moscow, Russian Federation
"EthoVision saves time, perhaps lives. In effect, PhD students can do more research in less labor-intensive time"
Samuel Adeosun, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA
"EthoVision XT is a great product, EthoVision just gets better and better"
Thomas van Groen, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Cell Biology department, Brimingham, USA
“EthoVision is user-friendly and incredibly versatile: it can be used for a wide variety of behavioral experiments, across different lighting conditions (and coat colors), and can track from a range of distances between camera and subject.” - Jerome Pagani, Behavioral Neuroscientist, USA
"EthoVision allows me to track videos accurately and reliably. Now I can use the hours that I used to spend with timers, pen and paper working on other areas of my research"
Jacqueline Womersley, University of CapeTown, Department of Human Biology, Cape Town, South Africa
“This is the best tracking system for open field behavior!”
David Eilam, Tel-Aviv University, Zoology Department, Israel
“A truly useful software to understand animal behavior”
Allan V. Kalueff, Kalueff lab, Tulane University Medical School, USA
“EthoVision XT has a convenient tracking/video system with excellent data analysis options and it is fairly intuitive to use”
Diane Lim, University of Pennsylvania, USA
“Really nice tracking program”
Matt Andrzejewski, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
“EthoVision XT has allowed our lab to collect rich behavioral data that would have been impossible with our analog system”
Joshua Herrington, Florida International University, USA
“This set of programs allows for flexibility of behavioral observations, scoring and data analyses”
Craig Kinsley, University of Richmond, USA

Gathering data

Reliable tracking under any circumstancesEthoVision

EthoVision XT has advanced tracking technology assuring you of accurate and reliable results. Even under harsh conditions. Experimental set-ups differ and some might be more prone to background changes making tracking difficult. Continued tracking after your animal has urinated or reorganized its bedding can lead to mistakes that influence your results. That is why EthoVision XT has multiple detection setting options, to fit each experimental condition.

You can track the center-point of any animal you want to track. The Multiple Body Points Module allows tracking of the nose point and tail base of rats and mice. This gives you the chance to investigate behavior in much more detail than center point tracking alone. It reveals parameters such as rotation, heading, etc. It’s a great asset when performing research on exploratory behavior.
When using the Social Interaction Module you can even track multiple animals in one arena.