Clinical Number

A unique identifying number assigned by ULAM 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 receive a clinical number assigned per cage if a clinical concern is reported to the veterinary personnel.
  • ##### is a unique identifier for that animal
• The format for all species is CLN########.