Cage in Census

Below are examples of the six cage types shown in census. From top to bottom are: Mating, Plug, Stock, Breeding, Ungenotyped and Weaned.

For strock, ungenotyped and weaned cages, the following inforamtion is shown from top to bottom:

• Sex, tag number, genotype ( strain if wild type), age, tag number of parents, project name.

For mating cage, the following inforamtion is shown from top to bottom:

• Male tag number, male age, male genotype ( strain if wild type), female tag number, female genotype ( strain if wild type), litter size, pup age, project name.

For breeding cage, the following inforamtion is shown from top to bottom:

• Female tag number, female genotype ( strain if wild type), litter size, pup age, male tag number, male genotype ( strain if wild type) , project name.

For plug cage, the following inforamtion is shown from top to bottom:

• Male tag number, male age, male genotype ( strain if wild type), female tag number, female genotype ( strain if wild type), project name.

Besides the information of the mice in cage, the cage in census contains various waring signs:

• WA: in mating and breeding cages, watch new born pups (not available in single-user version)
• WE: in mating and breeding cages, wean litter
• Old: in stock, ungenotyped and weaned cages, old mice in cage
• OM: in mating and plug cages, old mating male
• BM: in mating and plug cages, bad mating male

Display of the obove signs depends on the settings which can be changed by PI or Technician (menu->Lab Business->Program Settings).

• Sac: in plug cages, sac females
• T or T&T: in weaned cages, "tag only" or "tag and tail"

• To-do task, which can be from PI, technician (TE) or facility staff (FA):

• Cage or mouse reminder (when active):

• Uncompleted request on the cage or on the mice in the cage:

You can change the cage view in census in several ways: hide signs on census, show mouse tag only, show to-do only, show mouse number in cage, show project color, and show in white/black view, by clicking the buttons on toolbar. Below are three examples (1) without the signs and with mouse number in white/black view; (2) show cage to-do only; (3) show in project color.