On the main Animal list screen, as shown below, use the Add animal button to add a new, individual animal record. Or, to Edit an existing animal record, use the View 
icon to open an existing animal record and the Edit animal button to change or update the values. Use the Update button to save a changed animal record.
Updating the General section of an Animal Record
The first section of the Animal record enables you to define key attributes of the animal that will be enrolled into the study.
The table below explains what the field values are for the form above.
* indicates fields that must be added - they are mandatory to complete the Add animal form.
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Field name |
Explanation |
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* Species |
Must be either "Mouse" or "Rat". |
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* Sex |
Must be "Male" or "Female" or “Unknown”. |
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* Date of birth |
dd-mm-yyyy format for non US time zones or mm-dd-yyyy format for US time zones. |
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* Life status |
Alive or Dead. |
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Health status |
Freeform text up to 100 characters. |
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Strain |
Please refer to your System Administrator for a list of the valid values for the Strains (or Models) that your organisation permits for the species of this animal. When the animal is genetically modified, you may wish to use the Line field below to capture a specific genotype and use this field to record a background strain. |
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Line |
Up to 195 alphanumeric characters. This value enables you to specify a particular name for a genotype variation of the main strain or model. |
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* Genetic status |
Must be "Genetically modified" or "Non-genetically modified". |
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Genotype |
Please refer to your System Administrator for a list of the valid values for the Genotypes that your organisation permits for the species of this animal. |
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Phenotype |
Please refer to your System Administrator for a list of the valid values for the Phenotypes that your organisation permits for the species of this animal. |
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Supplier |
Please record the facility / organisation who bred and supplied the animal. |
Use the Add button to create a new animal record.
Visual identity
First, the animal record must be created and added. When done so, the Add button on the panel below will turn from grey to orange, indicating you can add the Visual ID.
When you click on the Add button, the form below will appear enabling you to specify the animals method and value of visual identification.
¤ Note
- The methods available to choose from must have been defined by your System Admininstrator. If you wish to define a method and provider not present on this screen's list of values, please ask your System Administrator to add them.
Non visual identity
The Non-visual identity RFID tag code and date tag inserted values can only be updated using the Connect – Associate Tag feature (which reads the tag in the animal’s tail and updates the correct animal record automatically).
If an animal is associated to a RFID tag using the SensaLab Connector, the RFID indicator icon will be displayed in the Unique ID column. The RFID value will be displayed on mouse over.
The Supplier ID name can be added manually by editing the animal record.