Colony Management Guides & Resources
Practical guides to colony management workflows, from breeding and pedigree tracking to compliance, billing and software migration. Written for vivarium staff, PIs and facility managers.
Workflow Guides
- Breeding Colony Management, Pairing, timed mating, litter tracking, weaning, pedigree and consanguinity checks.
- Pedigree Visualization & Tracking, Interactive family trees, genotype overlay and multi-generation lineage tracking.
- Audit Trail for Colony Management, Change tracking, electronic signatures, GLP compatibility and IACUC/AAALAC inspection readiness.
- IACUC Protocol Management, Animal-to-protocol linking, approval tracking, annual reports and AAALAC preparation.
- Per Diem Billing Automation, Rate tables, cage-day tracking, chargeback reports and grant accounting for vivarium cost recovery.
- Animal Procurement Management, Vendor orders, receiving, quarantine tracking and health status verification.
- Pharmacy & Drug Inventory, Controlled substances, expiry alerts, lot numbers, usage logs and reorder thresholds.
- Surgery Scheduling & Tracking, Pre-operative planning, intra-operative monitoring, post-operative recovery, all auditable.
- Environmental Monitoring, Temperature, humidity, light cycles, threshold alerts and compliance reporting.
- Training & Competency Records, Staff competency tracking, certification expiry, and AAALAC/CCAC-ready documentation.
Migration Guides
- Switching from Excel to Colony Management Software, CSV import, column mapping, dry run and go-live, step by step.
- Switching from SoftMouse.NET to Colony.care, Export, field mapping, parallel run and decommissioning.
- Switching from Paper Cage Cards to Digital, Audit, data entry, QR code printing and team training.