AniBio

AniBio is a comprehensive animal facility management software developed by NorayBio, designed to handle the full scope of daily operations within animal facilities and research involving animal models. By centralising all actors and processes within a single system, AniBio improves communication across teams, ensures complete historical traceability, and enhances the overall quality of animal facility services and the research they support.

The platform features a scalable, modular structure that can be tailored to the needs of different institutions and user roles, allowing each stakeholder to manage their day-to-day activity from their own perspective. AniBio is suitable for animal care staff, veterinarians, researchers, and facility managers alike.

Animal Management Capabilities

• Management of animal orders and allocation
• Breeding coordination and in vitro fertilisation (IVF) support
• Scheduling and tracking of services and tasks
• Recording and management of incidents
• Experimentation planning and ongoing follow-up

Facility Management Capabilities

• Legislation compliance and regulatory reporting
• Financial management tools
• Competence tracking and management
• Room and equipment bookings
• Stock management for drugs and consumables
• Review and monitoring of rooms and equipment

Research Features

• Study planning with experimental forms, assignable tasks, deadlines, and budgets
• Transgenic management including cryopreservation of samples
• Breeding productivity statistics
• Bulk genotyping support
• Customisable colour coding for transgenic lines

Management and Reporting

• Occupancy statistics and work planning reports
• Financial management and invoicing
• Legislation and Ethics Committee reporting
• Management of requests including orders, services, bookings, and consumables

Animal Care Tools

• Graphic view of animal and cage allocation
• Incident logging and comments
• Label and barcode generation
• Room review functionality
• Veterinary follow-up including health check-ups and treatments
• Pharmacy management
• Welfare forms and re-use approval workflows

Deployment and Access Options

• On-premise: installation on the institution's own internal server
• Cloud: hosted cloud installation provided and managed by NorayBio
• Desktop application: local access installed on individual computers
• Web-based: remote access via standard web browsers

Additional Services and Integrations

• Secure and efficient data migration for large volumes of existing information
• Integration with intelligent Digital Ventilated Cages (DVC)
• Integration with mass genotyping tools such as Transnetyx
• Support for digital labelling solutions such as Cage Talkers
• Implementation support including consultancy, an autonomous e-learning platform, and configuration assistance