Animal care and breeding
Animal care and breeding
Recursive areas
Areas can be arranged hierarchically one below the other: from the building to a housing unit to the room. Each location remains integrated into its overarching structure.
Map your spatial structure with any subordinate areas and connect locations, responsibilities and attitude information.
- Create upper areaChoose a sensible starting point for the spatial structure.
- Add sub-areasArrange building parts, units and rooms appropriately.
- Enter informationCapture responsible and descriptive husbandry information.
- Work in contextSwitch from the location to the associated cage and animal management.
How can a facility be structured?
From the building to the housing unit to the room: Each area can contain further sub-areas. The structure follows the structure of your facility.
What information belongs to the area?
Responsible people and husbandry information such as lighting conditions, temperature or humidity are documented at the location. Cages and animals can be classified in this spatial context.
Animal care and breeding
Cage management
Cage management connects cage ID, location, cage type and occupancy. In this way, your team can find the spatial connection to the animals being kept.
Identifier, cage type, location and animal occupancy are shared. Cards and digital editions continue to use the information stored.
- Identify cageSelect or capture identifier and cage type.
- Assign locationArrange the cage into the existing area structure.
- Assign animalsMaintain the home cage in the respective animal context.
- Output informationUse the appropriate card or activated digital edition.
Can multiple cages be created?
In addition to the single system, a multiple system is available. This allows recurring recordings for several cages to be combined.
How do I find the animals in a cage?
The occupancy shows the assigned animals. The location can also be traced via their home cage.
How are cage types taken into account?
Cage types are maintained as common master data and assigned during creation. This supports uniform recording.
Animal care and breeding
Animal Management
Identity, origin, husbandry and subject classification come together in the animal data set. Diary, lineage and other events are linked to this.
A central animal data set connects identity, origin, husbandry, approval and life path. From here you can access the associated documentation.
- Search and selectSearch for existing entries before creating or editing.
- Check basic dataClassify identifier, species, gender and dates.
- Assign relationshipsConnect cage, lineage and technical project context.
- Complete the historyContinue documentation and associated specialist procedures on the animal.
How are animals identified?
Animal identification, name and, if necessary, transponder data help to clearly find the appropriate data record. The labeling used depends on the animal species and facility.
What information converges on the animal?
Birth, parents, strain, line, cage, approval and status are in the common animal context. Diary and ancestry view open up further connections.
Animal care and breeding
Animal diary
The animal diary brings together animal-related entries and documented histories. Observations, weights and ratings remain assigned to an animal and a point in time.
Observations, weights and ratings remain linked to animal and time. This means the documented history can be read clearly.
- Open animalCheck the correct record based on its identifier.
- Document eventRecord observation and actual time in the associated entry.
- View historyView previous entries and existing measurement or evaluation values together.
- Respond professionallyInitiate and document necessary measures by the responsible persons.
Which entries can be traced?
Date, heading, content and documenting person clearly assign observations and events. Previous entries remain accessible in the animal context.
How are weights displayed?
Saved weight entries can be viewed as a history. This makes it easier to compare the documented points in time.
How do reviews complement the diary?
Reviews and other animal-related information are accessible on the same animal. Observations and evaluation results can thus be classified together.
Animal care and breeding
Strain management
strains and lines receive their own descriptive context. This means that origin, genetic background and other technical information do not have to be collected anew for each animal.
Maintain origin, genetic background and descriptive characteristics once on strain and use this common reference for the associated animals.
- strain searchBefore creating a new one, search for a suitable existing reference.
- Maintain descriptionDocument name, background and relevant characteristics.
- Add originAssign breeders, reference identifiers and other specialist information.
- Use in animal contextUse the appropriate reference and note individual deviations.
What information is maintained on the strain?
Strain name, origin, genetic background, marker information and descriptive characteristics bundle the common knowledge.
How does this help with animal management?
A common root reference makes it easier to assign many animals and standardizes recurring information. Individual animal findings remain documented on the respective animal.
Can technical information be added?
Descriptive fields record health, stress and other technical information. The responsible persons maintain content and usage.
Animal care and breeding
genes and genotype information
Gene master data and animal-related genotype information support uniform documentation. This means that technical terms, master references and individual information remain distinguishable.
Gene master data and individual genotype information create structured documentation. Your team connects stored findings with the appropriate animal and strain reference.
- Select referenceCheck the appropriate existing gene or strain reference.
- Classify findingsDifferentiate between expectation and actual information.
- Document informationCapture the individual information in the associated animal context.
- Find it again in a targeted mannerUse saved information for search and further documentation.
How are common terms maintained?
Gene master data serves as a uniform reference for recurring information. This makes documentation and later retrieval easier.
Where is the individual information?
Genotype information and associated entries are documented on the animal. This means that the general strain description and the individual findings remain assigned.
Animal care and breeding
Pedigrees
The family tree view makes saved parent, ancestor and descendant relationships visible. An animal becomes understandable in its family context.
Explore documented parents, ancestors and descendants across multiple generations. A connected animal can become the new starting point of the view.
- Identify animalOpen the desired output data set.
- Read parental relationshipsCheck the documented assignments to father and mother.
- Track connectionsView saved ancestors and descendants in context.
- Export if necessaryUse the existing family tree export for further work.
How do I move through the pedigree?
Start with one animal and trace stored connections to parents, ancestors, and descendants. By changing the starting animal you open up further relationships.
Can I reuse the information?
A CSV family tree export provides the documented relationships for further editing.
What data does the representation use?
The view is based on the parent relationships maintained in the animal database. Completely recorded information enables a correspondingly comprehensive view of the ancestry.
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breeding, litters and weaning
Breeding animals, matings, litters and weanlings remain connected. In this way, the path from the parent animal to the assigned young animal can be traced.
pairing, litter and weaning form a connected sequence. The origin of the young animals and their assignment to target cages remain traceable.
- Record pairingAssign breeding animals and the associated context.
- Capture litterDocument the date and actual information available.
- Prepare for depositionCheck young animal information, gender and target cages.
- Check recordCross-check animals produced and their relationship to the litter.
How are parents and offspring connected?
Matings link the selected breeding animals. Litter information and weaning continue this relationship to the young animals created.
What supports the deposition?
Young animal information, gender and target cages are brought together during the weaning process. Classic and direct operating variants support different working methods.
Organization and collaboration
Organization and collaboration
Authorisations with animal quotas
licenses record which species or which strain is approved with how many individuals. Each animal added consumes quota; Before the license expires, warnings indicate the deadline.
Quotas, durations and animal assignments support an overview of your permits. Alerts help to process deadlines in a timely manner.
- Capture approvalRecord the file number, duration, responsible persons and working groups involved.
- Deposit quotasAssign species or strain and the approved number of individuals.
- Add animalsEach assignment is counted towards the total quota and reduces the number still available.
- Observe limits and deadlinesNo further animals can be added once the quota is exhausted or the authorisation has expired. Warnings notify you before the expiry date.
What does license mean here?
This refers to the technical approval for a project. It is to be distinguished from a software usage license.
What happens when the quota is used up?
Once the approved number of individuals is reached, the application prevents additional animals from being added to this license.
What happens before and after the process?
Warnings are issued before expiration. Once the license has expired, no more animals can be added to it.
What can a quota refer to?
It is recorded which species or which strain was approved with how many individuals. Each animal added counts towards the associated quota.
Organization and collaboration
Tasks and subtasks
Orders combine content, responsibility, deadline and processing status. Subtasks can divide larger projects into related steps.
Distribute tasks with deadline, priority and responsibility. Nested subtasks make larger projects workable in individual steps.
- Formulate orderSpecify content, date and required object reference.
- Define responsibilityAssign the authorized persons or groups.
- Structure workUse subtasks or existing templates if necessary.
- Document resultRecord the processing status and completion in the associated process.
How can larger tasks be divided?
Subtasks can contain additional subtasks. In this way, related work steps retain their connection to the higher-level order.
What information helps with daily planning?
Dates, priorities, processing statuses and references to the affected animals or processes make coordination easier.
What overviews are there?
Personal views bundle your own tasks. Authorized managers receive a further overview of their responsibilities.
Organization and collaboration
Roles, groups and rights
Roles can be freely defined and assigned to suit the tasks of your facility. Regulated access rights determine who can use which functions and data. Privileged users – such as the appropriately authorized facility manager – can change standard authorizations themselves.
Freely definable roles and regulated data access adapt the application to your responsibilities. Authorized managers can set standard authorizations themselves.
- Define work rolesDefine your own roles according to the activities of your institution.
- Share menus and actionsAssign the freely defined roles with the required range of functions.
- Assign data accessesSet up groups and access to individual data sets to suit the responsibility.
- Test from the user perspectiveControl personal configuration, visibility and editing with associated identities.
Who can change default permissions?
Privileged users with administration authorization change the preselection directly in the application. This could, for example, be the appropriately authorized facility management.
How do roles and groups complement each other?
Roles determine the functions and actions that can be used. Groups and assignments also regulate which data sets can be viewed or edited together.
What are standard rights for?
Presets make it easier to assign appropriate rights for new entries. The access rules for individual data sets can still be managed in a targeted manner.
Organization and collaboration
Material management
Material requirements and order information can be recorded with supplier, quantities, prices and order status. This makes it clear what is to be ordered and what information is already available.
Material requirements, quantities, suppliers, prices and order status are combined in one process. This makes queries, follow-up and coordination easier.
- Record material requirementsSpecify description, quantity and unit.
- Assign supplierSelect the associated reference information.
- Add order informationDocument order date, number and price information.
- Read the processView open information and already documented order status together.
What order information can be recorded?
Description, number, unit, supplier, purchaser, date and order number document the process. Unit price, total price and currency supplement the commercial information.
How does the overview help in everyday life?
Open information and documented order status show what information is already available and where your team still needs to follow up.
Organization and collaboration
Experiments and projects
Experiment-related information links topic, species, responsible person and period with animals and the associated evaluation form.
Bring together the topic, period, responsible person, animals and evaluation form of a project. In this way, the implementation remains linked to its documentation.
- Describe the projectRecord topic and type.
- Set time periodRecord start and end in the associated context.
- Connect animals and bowAssign the affected animals and the appropriate evaluation form.
- Check documentationView existing reviews and animal references together.
What information describes a project?
Topic, type, period and person carrying out the work form the framework. The assigned animals create a direct connection to animal management.
How are reviews assigned?
The appropriate evaluation form is linked to the project and its animals. Your team can read the captured results in the execution context.
Organization and collaboration
Search and multiple editing
Subject-specific search fields lead to the appropriate section of the inventory. Supported multiple actions help to consolidate recurring work on selected entries.
Find suitable entries with technical search criteria and bundle recurring work using the available multiple actions.
- Enter search criteriaSelect the relevant characteristics.
- Check resultCheck hit and extent before selection.
- Select entriesOnly mark the objects actually affected.
- Perform supported actionCheck information and result in the respective process.
How do I limit the inventory?
Identifiers, technical characteristics and time information lead to the appropriate section in the respective search mask.
Which works can be bundled?
Depending on the department, multiple creation, shared task actions and multiple editors are available. You select the affected entries and check the scope before execution.
Organization and collaboration
Personal overview
Each user can configure appearance and functions for themselves - within the functionality of their assigned role. Tasks, messages and personal settings create an entry point that fits your own work.
Design the interface, language and functions to suit your work. The personal settings are within the assigned role and data permissions.
- Register personallyStart with the associated user identity.
- Select representationSet language and available display options.
- Configure functionsSet up the functions available for your own role to suit your work.
- Work in your own contextSwitch to tasks, messages and the required specialist processes.
Can every user customize the interface themselves?
Yes. Each user can configure the appearance and functions for themselves. The scope available depends on his assigned role.
Which languages are available?
The animal database is available in every language - from Gaelic to Swiss German. German, English, French, Spanish, Italian and Dutch are available as standard. Each user chooses their own preferred language.
What makes daily entry easier?
Personal tasks, messages and available profile options lead to the information and functions relevant to one's work.
Organization and collaboration
AI assistance
Ask your questions directly as a text prompt to the animal database. AI assistance helps you access information about animals and upcoming tasks in natural language.
Ask for animal-related information or upcoming tasks in natural language. The answers unlock the information shared for your role.
- Enter questionName the animal name, time period or desired context in your own words.
- Read answerLook at the information found and its assignment to the animal or task.
- Check data referenceUse master information, animal data record or task reference for further work.
- Continue working in a targeted mannerSpecify open questions and process necessary steps in the respective department.
What questions can I ask?
For example, according to the stored transgenic background of an animal or according to the urgent tasks today and the animals affected.
How do I continue to use the answer?
Classify the information based on the animal record, the master information or the associated task. A more precise follow-up question helps to further narrow down the connection you are looking for.
Which data is accessible?
Your role and the regulated access rights determine which information you are allowed to use.
Organization and collaboration
Operation & Monitoring
Graphics and clear key figures make operational monitoring clear. Authorized management of an animal husbandry facility can view released parts of this monitoring and the performance of the system.
Authorized facility managers see released operating states and performance data. Graphics and key figures supplement the insight into the operations we support.
- Select periodAlways read key figures with the period under consideration.
- Overview of conditionView released system parts, notes and warnings together.
- View response timesClassify trends and peaks in connection with the volume of inquiries.
- Coordinate operationIf there are any abnormalities, clarify the necessary steps with the supporting team.
Who can see the surveillance?
Authorized facility management receives access to released operating and performance data. The scope depends on the role and agreement.
What do the diagrams show?
Inquiry volume and response times can be tracked in the selected period. Status displays and notes complete the overview. The values shown are synthetic examples.
How does this fit into 24/7 operation?
In the supervised operation, we take care of ongoing maintenance, protection and availability. Internet access is available 24 hours a day and can be restricted upon customer request.
Can the engine run with us?
Yes. The entire application engine can also be operated by the customer. We agree on the requirements and operational responsibilities together.
Documentation and evaluation
Documentation and evaluation
Document management
Documents are described with reference, title, type and keywords. Assigned files and specialist references make documents accessible where they are needed.
Documents remain accessible with a meaningful description and technical classification. Title, document type and keywords make it easier to find again.
- Describe documentSet reference, title and document type.
- Assign fileAdd the associated appendix and appropriate keywords.
- Make specialist referenceLink the document in the supported context.
- Check accessUse the document with the authorized persons.
How are documents described?
Reference, title, type and keywords supplement the assigned file with understandable information about content and use.
Where can I find related documents?
Documents can be linked, for example, to approvals and other specialist processes. This means they can be reached in the respective work context.
What file size is supported?
Up to 20 MB per file is available for document uploads. Access rights determine who can use the document.
Documentation and evaluation
Report generation
Existing report types open up animal populations, occupancy, whereabouts, tasks and other connections. Tables and supported exports make the results further usable.
Select the appropriate report type for inventory, occupancy, whereabouts or tasks. Selection parameters and tabular outputs make the data usable for your question.
- Select reportOpen the existing evaluation that matches the technical question.
- Check frameClassify period, assignment and available selection parameters.
- Check resultCheck database, groups and totals for plausibility.
- Export appropriatelyUse the supported output for further use.
What contexts can I use to evaluate?
Reports open up data by project, room or workgroup, for example. The selection parameters depend on the selected report type.
How can I further edit results?
CSV outputs provide the supported tabular reports for reuse.
How do I read the numbers correctly?
Report type and period specify the reference of the evaluation. For example, current inventory, whereabouts over the course of the year and occupancy can be classified appropriately.
Documentation and evaluation
Cage and animal signs as PDF
Cage, animal and breeding cards combine saved information into a printable output. This means that signs do not have to be copied out from individual data sets each time.
Create cage, animal and breeding cards from saved information. Individual and collective editions reduce repeated copying and make labeling easier.
- Select entriesCheck the cage or animals in question.
- Select card typeCall up the appropriate cage, animal or breeding card.
- Check PDFCheck content, page layout and assignment in the preview.
- Print and assignUse the correct format and place the sign in the appropriate place.
Which cards can I create?
Cage, animal and breeding cards use the respective identifiers and technical information from the animal database.
Can several cards be issued together?
Single and multiple outputs support both targeted labeling and recurring printing tasks.
How do I keep printed information up to date?
After a data change, create the required map again. Before printing, the preview helps to check content, format and assignment.
Documentation and evaluation
Digital cage labels
The CageTalker connection can transmit cage, animal and breeding data to appropriate electronic signs. Data maintenance and output are connected via a defined integration.
Electronic signs display assigned cage, animal and breeding data directly in the housing area via the CageTalker connection.
- Clarify requirementsMatch device model, transmission service and activated connection.
- Assign signConnect the device ID to the correct cage.
- Transfer dataUse the supported transmission path.
- Check displayCheck contents and cage assignment directly on the electronic sign.
How is a sign assigned to the cage?
A device identifier links the cage to its electronic shield. The established transmission link outputs the associated information.
What equipment is required?
Compatible electronic signs and a suitable transmission service complement the application connection. Display content and updates are tailored to your equipment.
Documentation and evaluation
Flexible evaluation forms
Evaluation forms can be designed with different question types, selection options and evaluation levels. Collected answers can be evaluated in tables, graphics and in the approval context.
Design sheets to suit your technical criteria and evaluate answers as a table, diagram or summarized balance sheet.
- Design archSet questions, answer types and required information.
- Check evaluation logicTechnically coordinate selection values and the associated valuation areas.
- Capture responsesUse the appropriate sheet in the assigned animal or experimental context.
- Read graph and balance sheetClassify answer distributions and summarized ratings with their database.
Which question types can be designed?
Direct point entry, single-line and multi-line free text as well as single and multiple selection. Questions can be arranged and marked as required.
How do graphics and balance sheet complement each other?
Diagrams show the answer distributions of individual questions. The balance sheet summarizes results by working group, approval, test and sheet.
Who determines the evaluation criteria?
The responsible specialists determine questions, point values and assessment areas. The application supports uniform recording and evaluation.
Documentation and evaluation
Costs and services
Activity types and recorded cost items can be linked to the approval and work context. Existing reports reveal costs by project or user.
Maintain services, units and cost approaches and assign recorded items to the appropriate project or user.
- Check service typeMaintain description, unit and cost approach in the associated catalog.
- Capture positionAssign quantity or amount and the technical context.
- Check referenceVerify approval, date and assignment.
- Use reportUse the appropriate existing cost overview for coordination.
How are services described?
A service type combines description, unit and the cost approach maintained for your facility.
Which overviews are available?
Project and user reports reveal the assigned cost items. This supports internal coordination and further processing of the information.
Documentation and evaluation
Authorities and annual reports
Special reports support the preparation of reporting data and defined annual evaluations. Check notes make missing information visible before a released export is created.
Prepare reporting data and annual evaluations with clear test instructions and comprehensible processing statuses. Your team checks and approves the output technically.
- Clarify report scopeCheck year, report type and associated categories.
- Prepare dataCheck recorded assignments and completeness.
- Edit errorClarify blocking gaps and classify warnings technically.
- Release exportOutput and document the checked status as an associated file.
How does the application support preparation?
The reports combine animal, permit and group data. Test instructions show missing mandatory information and additional points for checking.
What processing statuses are there?
Design, testing and released output make the path to the checked export file traceable.
How does the edition fit our facility?
Report type, reference year, reporting categories and responsibilities are selected and set up to suit the area of application.
Modules and extensions
Modules and extensions
FBI Workflow Management
FWM combines graphic process design, tasks, responsibilities and documentation. A process model shows the common path; The specific process makes its current processing status visible.
Design processes with BPMN, coordinate variants and track ongoing processes. Roles, rules and connected specialist actions are configured for the respective process. Automatic records and required confirmations complement each other.
- DesignDescribe steps, decisions and roles together in the process diagram.
- ConnectAssign the appropriate tasks and released record actions.
- EditLead processes, observe deadlines and document decisions.
- ImproveUnderstand handovers and queries and coordinate improvements to the process.
How can I try out the principle myself?
The interactive BPMN example leads through entry, completeness check, release or query and automatic postings in the synthetic example data set.
When are automatic actions triggered?
The configured process determines which conditions and confirmations are required. In the example, documentation record and follow-up tasks take place after technical approval.
Modules and extensions
Pharmacy module
The pharmacy module connects drugs, batches, requirements and documented use with the respective work context.
Track medicines from item to batch to dispensing and documented use. Technical instructions and approvals remain assigned.
- Request demandSelect item, quantity, workgroup and approval context.
- Check professionallyA required veterinary examination relates to the specific requirement and instruction.
- Issue batchThe output is documented with quantity, batch and recipient context.
- Record usageConsumption and execution comment remain distinguishable from the released statement.
How are subsets managed?
Aliquots and dispensed partial containers retain their relationship to the original batch. Items, units, quantity movements and losses remain traceable.
Which evaluations are available?
Consumption can be classified by period, work group, approval, item and batch. Quantities are represented with their respective units.
How are instructions taken into account?
Technically defined instructions, required tests and documented implementation remain connected. This helps track usage.
Modules and extensions
Colony dashboard
The line cockpit makes existing animal and litter data clear - with time period, data coverage and a direct view of the underlying entries.
Overview stock and litter data with time period, data coverage and direct access to the associated entries.
- Select periodA common time period determines the section under consideration.
- View lines and key figuresRead saved line names, inventory and data coverage together.
- Open foundationSwitch to the associated visible entries via diagrams and lists.
- Classify subject wiseEvaluate results together with data gaps and the respective time reference.
How are animals grouped?
The grouping uses the stored line information. This means that assigned entries can be viewed together and different spellings can be specifically checked.
What does the timeline show?
Births are presented by litter date and weaning records by record date. The active status describes the status during retrieval.
How do notes on data quality help?
Missing or contradictory information remains visible. Links lead to the affected entries and facilitate technical clarification.
Modules and extensions
cryopreservation
Cryogenic management brings together samples, storage locations, quality information and use - from freezing to documented revitalization.
Manage samples with storage location, origin, quality information and proof of use. The connection to the original sample remains traceable even during later revitalization.
- Capture sampleMerge identifier, sample type, origin and freeze date.
- Occupy storage locationAssign a free position within the tank, rack and box.
- Check and reserveDocument quality information and record intended use.
- Link usageRecord output and defrost; Assign an existing litter and its animals if necessary.
Which samples can be managed?
Including sperm, embryo and tissue samples. Information, quantities and units are configured to suit your facility.
How is the warehouse structure structured?
Tank, rack, box and position lead to the specific storage location. Free, occupied and reserved positions can be distinguished.
How is use documented?
Quality inspection, reservation, issuing and defrosting are recorded as events. An associated litter and its animals can be connected if necessary.
Modules and extensions
Import module
Authorized users can trigger, prepare and carry out imports in the test system themselves. Your team controls the results; The productive takeover follows the associated review and release process.
Authorized users start and test imports themselves. Field assignment, test results and shared release support controlled data transfer.
- Trigger import yourselfStart the process, select Excel or CSV file and map the source columns.
- Set rules and rightsClarify new creations, possible updates, ambiguities and standard permissions.
- Check independently in the testCarry out the test import and check specific data, quantities, warnings and result report.
- Release productive takeoverAfter the professional and technical inspection, have the tested status adopted in a coordinated manner.
Who can trigger and test imports?
Authorized users select their source file, assign the fields and carry out the test import themselves. Results and information help with the exam.
Which files are supported?
Excel (.xlsx) and CSV (.csv) up to 20 MB. A run processes a selected spreadsheet with up to 500 non-empty rows of data. Larger stocks are divided into coordinated runs.
Which data can be transferred?
Animals, cages, locations, litters, weanings as well as breeding and mixed data. Assignments and the supported new creations or changes are defined for the respective data area.
How does the productive transfer take place?
Your team checks the data technically. FBI Science accompanies the technical inspection and the coordinated release of the tested status.
Modules and extensions
Animal orders
The animal order management is available in two versions: a basic version with text fields, the contents of which are saved in the database, and an extended version with order positions, controlled receipt and further use of the information at the animal facility.
Choose between a basic version with saved text information and an extended range of functions with order positions, receipt comparison and further use in the animal facility.
- Compile orderRecord organizational information and expected arrival.
- Prepare positionsRecord animal information and target area if known; Leave the unknown open.
- Compare deliveryCompare received animals with expectations and document deviations.
- Confirm animal facilityConsciously adopt checked receipt entries; receive the reference to the order.
What versions are there?
Both versions are available: The basic version stores order information from text fields in the database. The expanded version adds structured positions, receipt comparison and the further use of confirmed information in the animal facility.
What happens in the event of a partial delivery?
Confirmed, deferred and deviating receive entries remain distinguishable. The consciously confirmed entries are used for the animal facility.
What information will be used?
Already known organizational information and animal information is available at the controlled reception. This reduces duplicate entries.
