Why am I getting these e-mails?
We have instituted a new system of reporting of sick dead and overcroweded cages in the ARC. Every cage card used to identify animals has a protocol number on it. All personnel on the protocol receive a report when sick, dead, or overcrowded cage is found. Information collected by animal technicians in the ARC is entered in to a database that sends the e-mails.
What is the Morbidity Mortality Report? Animal Resource Center personnel are responsible for checking every animal housing unit every day. In the case of rodents, each cage is observed daily. Abornoramilities are reported on the Morbidity Mortality Report (MMR) pictured below. A copy of the MMR is placed on each cage. To help investigators locate the cage when they go to the room, a cage rack location is listed on every MMR and is reported in the e-mail sent to investigators. When you receive an e-mail indicating that a problem has been discovered in a cage, you can quickly find the cage you are looking for. This aslo helps us quickly address health problems in animals that are reported sick.
Figure 1: Morbidity Mortality Report
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Cage Location
The cage location varies slightly depending on the facility and caging type. The cage rack location always follows the formula: Location = Rack No.+Shelf No.+Cage
The cage rack location shown in this illustration is: 1A16
This designation means that the cage can be found on:
Rack |
1 |
Side |
A |
Row |
1 |
Cage |
6 |
(cages are numbered from left to right as you face the rack) |
Figure 2: Rack Designation
The Rack designation for static caging system consists of a Rack Number and a Rack Side letter. The rack designation is attached to one end of the cage rack as illustrated in the figure below:
Figure 3: Ventilated Racks
Some ventilated cage racks have a slightly different designation for cage location. In the example below the rack number is followed by the row number and the cage. The cage pictured on the right has the cage location of 11A (Rack1, Row 1, Cage A)
Can I Opt out of these e-mails?
Sorry but no. The complexity of reporting makes it necessary for us to contact everyone. The Principal Investigator is ultimately responsible and must be informed and can not be removed. Other personnel on the protocol are usually responsible for addressing concerns that have been identified so we inform everyone listed in our records. You are getting this email because you are listed as one of the research personnel on this protocol. If you are not active on this protocol, contact the IACUC office. If you are active on the protocol and don't need to be informed, just delete the messages as they come.
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