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INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN LABORATORY ANIMAL FACILITIES FOR NON-HUMAN PRIMATES: WHAT WE HAVE BEEN USING IN BRAZIL
Primatas
Software
Gerenciamento de Dados
Ciência dos Animais de Laboratório
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Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia de Biomodelos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia de Biomodelos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Abstract
In digital curation, data are essential for actions, enabling better administrative management and greater
efficiency in a sector or activity. In a research animal facility, the collection of management data associated with
management systems or control sheets is the basis for ensuring quality information that subsidizes research
and generates performance indicators and the needs and challenges to be transposed in the breeding and
maintenance of animals. The inconsistency of data or incomplete records compromises the choices adopted
in husbandry management practices or the interpretation of research results. For this reason, a survey was
carried out about software available on the market that helps laboratory animal facilities with the management
regarding software used in non-human primate breeding institutions (NHP) for scientific or conservation
purposes. We identified 38 software that supports the handling of lab animals used in biomedical research;
most of them with functionalities of environmental control (63.15%), control of animal files/tags (63.15%),
and control of reproductive management (60%) and only two software related to the management of nonhuman primates kept under human care in research institutions. Regarding the tools used to manage the
breeding of non-human primates in captivity in Brazilian institutions, five of the institutions questioned and
reported that none currently uses software for colony management. In conclusion, there are several software
for managing laboratory animals, but most of them are geared towards the management of rodent animal
facilities. There is a lack of specific software on the market for use in animal facilities managing non-human
primate breeding, which indicates the need for software developed to meet the management needs of
animal facilities for these facilities.
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Animais de LaboratórioPrimatas
Software
Gerenciamento de Dados
Ciência dos Animais de Laboratório
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