Study requires that animal records are recorded and maintained. This is to ensure:
- The correct animals are enrolled into the study and all experimental results are assigned to an individual and correct animal record
- The system can keep track of compliance to permitted animal numbers on protocols and studies
- The system can alert animal care staff of specific individuals and their location that require health interventions, or in the case of humane end points, are culled as the protocol may require
There are additional benefits to the researcher too:
- Any and all interactions with the animal on the study can be captured to identify whether these interactions suggest any underlying variables in observed outcomes
- Specific environmental or animal model variables can be recorded and tracked to also identify whether these variables suggest any correlation to observed outcomes