Clinical Number

A unique identifying number assigned by the ULAM veterinary personnel used to centralize information into complete medical records in a retrievable form. Clinical numbers may be assigned to an individual animal or a group of animals depending on the circumstance.

• Large animals receive an individual clinical number and is recorded on the cage card upon arrival. Rodents and poultry receive a clinical number assigned per cage if a clinical concern is reported to the veterinary personnel.
• The format for large animals is 00X#####
  • 00 is the last two digits of the year the animal was received.
  • ##### is a unique identifier for that animal.
• The format for mice and rats is CLN########.
  • Note: On the occasion that paper records have to be used for rodents they may use the large animal clinical number format