Clutch/Litter ID

 

Creating Clutch/Litter IDs and assigning animals to those clutches/litters allows for indicating a clutch or litter relationship as well as relatedness in Wild Caught animals. 

 

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Searching Existing Clutch/Litters:
To find your Clutches and Litters go to the Animal Search box > Animal Clutch/Litter search. Leaving the search open (no filters selected) will open a results grid of all your Clutches/Litters recorded.  As for all searches, the more filters you use, the shorter your results list becomes.

 

 You can filter your search using the following filters:

1. Expand search panel in Animals module - open Clutch/Litter Search panel to enter a known ID
2. Parent ID - If you know who the parents are
3. Taxonomy - if you know the species, with option to include taxonomy below
4. From Date-To Date - if you know the date when the clutch was identified
5. Include Obsolete - If a clutch or litter has been marked as Obsolete this will bring it into view
6. Results will open in a tab

 

 

 

 

Use this search to find any Clutches/Litters that you want to:

• Edit – edit the Clutch/Litter details, such as name, taxonomy, start date and parentage
• Delete – remove unwanted Clutches/Litters from your records. You can only delete Clutches/Litters that have not been used/attached to a record
• Mark Obsolete – hide inactive Clutches/Litters from the Clutch/Litter ID search box within the accession screen. Any Clutches/Litters which have already been assigned to an animal can be marked as obsolete but cannot be deleted.
• Restore as Active – restore any Clutches/Litters that have been previously marked as Obsolete

 

Obsolete Clutches/Litters:

An obsolete Clutch/Litter will still appear in the Animal Clutch/Litter Search Results but will not appear in the Clutch/Litter ID search within the Accession screen. The colored circle next to the obsolete Clutch/Litter in the Animal Clutch/Litter Search Results will be red instead of green to indicate it is currently obsolete.

If you have animals within the obsolete Clutch/Litter, the Clutch/Litter will still appear on the animals’ record. If you click on the link to open the obsolete Clutch/Litter, your resulting search will say “No animal clutch/litter found”. You will need to re-run the Clutch/Litter search, select the Clutch/Litter and ‘Restore as Active’ to view the occupants.

 

Column Customization:

 

Additionally, using column customization, you can add “Clutch/Litter ID” as a result column in standard Simple and Advanced search results screens:

 

Adding New Clutch/Litter:
add a new Clutch/Litter go to Animal Search > Animal Clutch/Litter Search > Add New.

 

You can also add a new Clutch/Litter from any Accession screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Clutch/Litter ID - This must be unique within your facility. You should establish a naming convention for easier retrieval.
2. Taxonomy – The Taxonomy will not prefill from the Parent entries; you need to record it.
3. Clutch/Litter Start Date - The date the first egg of the clutch was laid or the first offspring of the litter was born. If the Start Date is an estimate, select the correct date estimator
4. Parent Info - Complete this field as for other Parent grids.

 

The Clutch/Litter will appear in the drop down list in the Accession screen to select from. Note that if a Clutch/Litter is recorded, the Parent and Taxonomy grid will prefill.

 
 

 

The Clutch Litter ID (Name) displays in the Basic Info grid in the animal record. This is a hyperlink to the Clutch/Litter record should you need to edit the information regarding the Clutch/Litter.

 

If you need to edit the Clutch/Litter assignment, go back into the Accession screen to do so.

 

Revised 5 March 2025