If automatic animal naming is enabled, these fields will fill in automatically. If using manual naming, you can enter an Animal Name Intital for naming, or the first ear tag number. mLIMS will name the pups according to your animal naming properties.
Select the number of pups from the dropdown menu, and mLIMS will add them automatically (below). This can be left at 0 to create a litter record with no pups (to be added at weaning time - use update litter).
The date of birth is entered automatically from the Progress Box. To change the DOB, edit the first DOB and use the copy link. Status can be changed individually or automatically using the status update tool.
This is only visible if there is more than one female in the mating record. Choose Dam#1 from the dropdown for the first animal, and use the copy function to apply to all. You can also assign Dam#2 if you do now know which is the actual parent. **Important! If both of these fields are left blank, a Dam will not be assigned! Have mLIMS remind you do do this by verifying that each pup has a parent in System Settings - Litters.
Assign pups to weaning cages, or create individual cages. Use Auto-Create to have mLIMS create cages automatically and transfer the animals. Genotypes can be assigned at any time using the update litter tool.
