Animal Inventory

If you are experimenting on mice or rats, you probably have already realized the importance of organizing the animal information and experimentation history. You are in constant need of reviewing and retrieving this information. For non programmers, MS Excel spreadsheets are often used, but this tends to be cumbersome as the number of subjects increases.

The Animal Inventory (AI) is a tool to help store and organize relevant animal information. It uses a robust and proven database to store the data. Review an animal history, gender, genotype, transgenic line, parents, etc... Reports may be generated listing the information you need, such as all animals of a transgenic line that are males and that are currently alive, or animals that are in a given procedure. If you do not have some kind of data inventory application, or if you are not satisfied with your current application, you should give the animal inventory a try.

The graphical interface will make entering, managing and accessing the data an easy task. It will also provide the necessary validation to maintain data integrity. 

The AI is protected by a username/password authentification with access rights, allowing different users with different objectives to access only what they need to accomplish their tasks. 

Finally, tools to backup and restore previous versions of the data are provided to protect the information from hardware failure or human erroneous manipulation. Imagine loosing 3 years of animal history! Backups are essential and the AI makes this very easy.

The AI is a very user-friendly tool that will save you from hours of organizing and protecting your data.