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Computerized ordering of experimental animals and test authorization

Ulrich Maerki, Albert Walther and Walter Rossbach

Institute of Biological and Medical Research, F. Hoffman–La Roche & Co. Ltd, CH–4414 Füllinsdorf, Switzerland; Department IT/RDE, F. Hoffmann–La Roche & Co. Ltd, CH–4002 Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Biological and Medical Research, F. Hoffman–La Roche & Co. Ltd, CH–4414 Füllinsdorf, Switzerland

The authorization procedure required by law in Switzerland and the internal set-up at Roche for acquiring experimental animals has made a computerized system for monitoring authorizations and animal deliveries essential. The INQUIRE software program, which can be run on the central computer, was used to set-up databases with information on all personnel who place orders and perform experiments (PERI), authorization matters (BEWI), orders (ORDR), deliveries (SPED), animal species (SPEC), animal strains (STRE), populations (POPU) and the management of various data (BARA).

The authorizations database (BEWI) permits sequential searches on specific questions. The animals ordered in the ORDR database are constantly updated in BEWI, thus ensuring that the authorized animal quotas are not exceeded. Expiry of an authorization or an unregistered experimenter will come to light in the course of the plausibility study. Through ORDR the experimenter has a good overview of the animals that he has ordered or have been ordered for him, and he can select the most appropriate strain or population for his studies in STRE or POPU, which contain data on the genetic and physiological characteristics as well as the breeding and keeping of all sublines and stocks.

Realization of the IFIS project has made it a simple matter to keep a check on the legal requirements pertaining to animal experimentation and to update the information and evaluate the entire stock of data at any time.

Key Words: EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS • COMPUTERIZED ORDERING • TEST AUTHORIZATION • INQUIRE • DATABASE MODEL

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