Cage in Census

Click cage to open cage window.

Below are examples of the six cage types shown on 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 on census contains various warning 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, sacrify females
• T or T&T: in weaned cages, "tag only" or "tag and tail"
• TP: in mating or breeding cages with litter, tag and tail pups

• Cage to-do work from PI, technician (TE) or facility staff (FA):

• Due cage or mouse scheduled task:

• Due mouse or cage request:

• Due experiment plan:

You can change cage view on census in different ways: hide/show signs, show mouse tag, genotype or cage to-do only, show mouse number in cage, show in white/black view, highlight by project or users, by clicking the buttons on toolbar. Below are examples showing the same cages in eight different ways.