Abstract
Aim:Animal experiments tend to generate large-scale data. Some existing tools like Microsoft Excel and colony management cloud-based tools are either cumbersome or expensive. There is a need for an inexpensive and uncomplicated colony management software with specific individual database solutions.Methods:We have developed a database application named RodentSQL to meet most of the requirements of such animal colony management programs.Results:We present a user-friendly secure system for managing records of phenotype, genotype and metadata for comprehensive data analysis and mining. RodentSQL can be altered based upon user needs. We have successfully tested its usage in beta users for managing data of hamsters and mice.Conclusion:A central facility can share and benefit from this colony management system. RodentSQL can increase workflow efficiency and data security leading to significant cost savings and enhanced scientific results. RodentSQL is offered to the scientific community as an open source software.
Highlights
User can track back the transgenic module cryopreservation information from this tab with its unique cage tag Results & discussion RodentSQL is built on a Mac OS X operating system, MySQL database with Java as a programing language
From testing RodentSQL on a beta user, we found that it helps to reduce the amount of time spent with mouse colony management
Conclusion & future perspective RodentSQL is used to meet the functional requirements of an experimenter working with mice lines to ease the record tracking puzzlement
Summary
Animal experiments tend to generate large-scale data
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