Managing a lab facility with numerous specimens, large study data, and constant monitoring can lead to challenges in keeping track of your animals. However, Lab Animal Resource System (LARS) streamlines end-to-end activities, from animal requisitioning to daily management.

Simplify Management

Streamline animal requisitioning, cage population management, and vendor coordination to automate repetitive tasks.

Save Time

Eliminate manual tracking of animal populations and data entry by automating processes like census updates and animal transfers.

Eliminate Errors

Reduce errors in animal tracking, such as inaccurate census counts or missing documentation, with automated updates and integrated health records.

Ensure Compliance

Stay compliant with regulations by maintaining up-to-date animal health records, auditing trails, and ensuring proper documentation for audits or inspections.

LARS Module That Adapts
To Your Industry’s Needs

Tailored solutions that address your specific challenges and transform how you manage research animals.
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Eliminate Ordering Errors
Centralize animal ordering, billing, and cage tracking across labs to reduce overspending and ensure compliance with IACUC protocols.
02
Automate Cage Census and Billing
Automate reconciliation of orders with IACUC-approved protocol numbers, reducing errors and ensuring accurate billing, while maintaining compliance with regulatory standards.
03
Ensure Compliance with Accreditation
Maintain a complete audit trail for animal use, providing transparent documentation for AAALAC, OLAW, and USDA inspections, and demonstrating full accountability.
04
Optimize Housing and Space Management
Track available housing, forecast needs, and avoid capacity issues, ensuring animals are housed appropriately and research runs smoothly without interruptions.
01
Maximize Resource Efficiency
Empower small teams with a user-friendly system to manage orders, billing, and cage records, automating routine tasks and reducing administrative overhead while ensuring compliance.
02
Eliminate Administrative Chaos
Replace siloed systems and scattered documentation with one integrated platform for procurement, billing, and record-keeping, streamlining processes and reducing complexity.
03
Ensure Financial Accountability
Automate billing to properly charge for every animal and supply, preventing revenue leakage, ensuring accurate cost recovery, and protecting your research budget.
04
Simplify Compliance Management
Maintain audit-ready records with automated inspections and documentation, ensuring everything is properly tracked and you’re always prepared for funder and regulatory audits.
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Speed Research with Timely Procurement
Get animals on-site faster with streamlined procurement, ensuring researchers have the animals they need on time to avoid project delays.
02
Ensure Compliance with Ease
Automatically document animal histories and generate USDA reports with a single click, staying audit-ready without the hassle of manual tracking.
03
Optimize Spending Across Research
Track animal costs and identify savings opportunities, ensuring each research penny is spent efficiently and cost-effectively.
04
Manage Vendor Relationships
Centralize vendor contracts and orders, ensuring animals are procured at the best price with less administrative effort.
01
Sync Operations Across Sites
Unify animal facility management across global vivariums, standardizing processes and ensuring complete visibility into animal use and compliance across all sites.
02
Simplify Financial Reconciliation
Automate month-end financial closings by matching animal costs with research projects, ensuring accurate billing and maintaining a perfect audit trail.
03
Streamline Compliance Documentation
Automatically track and document animal use, ensuring regulatory compliance and generating accurate records for audits, reducing the risk of non-compliance.
04
Speed Trial Startup
Streamline animal procurement and ensure animals are ready when needed, avoiding delays and keeping your research on schedule for faster trial activation.
01
Ensure Full Accountability
Centralize facility management with secure, auditable workflows, tracking every animal, dollar, and decision to meet federal standards and ensure transparency under strict scrutiny.
02
Streamline Compliance Reporting
Automate federal reporting processes, ensuring timely, accurate submissions for all required data, including USDA, OLAW, and DoD reports, to stay compliant with regulations.
03
Maintain Protocol Compliance
Enforce ordering caps directly tied to IACUC protocol approvals, ensuring animals are only used as permitted, while maintaining compliance across all programs.
04
Enhance Transparency and Traceability
Provide full transparency and traceability for every action in the research process, ensuring you’re always prepared for inspections and audits by regulatory bodies.
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Streamline Animal Facility Operations
Centralize ordering, billing, and cage population tracking across departments, reducing complexity and improving efficiency.
02
Ensure Compliance with Protocols
Implement protocol-to-order validation to ensure no animals are used outside of IACUC approvals.
03
Simplify Billing and Cost Recovery
Simplify billing and cost recovery across departments, providing transparency and consistency in financial tracking while ensuring proper allocation of costs.
04
Maintain Audit-Ready Compliance
Maintain a comprehensive audit trail for all activities, ensuring you’re always prepared for regulatory inspections and accreditations, while safeguarding your institution’s reputation.

Streamline Your End-to-End
Animal Facility Operations

Streamline Procurement

Simplify animal ordering with automated workflows that track every step and eliminate delays.

Optimize Vendors

Centralize contracts, automate order tracking, and analyze performance to get better terms with minimal effort.

Track Supplies

Monitor inventory levels and easily generate reports on supply usage, reorder history, and per diem charges, which ensures you always have essential supplies in stock.

Maximize Space

Track available housing, forecast needs, and prevent capacity issues—making the most of limited space.

Track Transfers

Automate animal movement tracking to ensure accurate housing and eliminate errors in cage-to-cage or room-to-room transfers.

Simplify Identification

Generate cage cards automatically with barcode or RFID, update data as animals move, and eliminate manual errors.

Manage Billing

Calculate per-diem, supply charges, generate invoices, or just integrate with your financial system. Leverage “set rate” and “minimum amount” for efficient and streamlined billing.

Generate Reports

Create perfect USDA reports and facility summaries with one click, turning regulatory tasks into easy check-ins.

Track Census

Eliminate counting errors with automated updates, real-time visibility, and accurate reporting.

Ensure Compliance

Seamlessly integrate with IACUC systems to ensure animal orders align with the numbers specified in IACUC protocols.

Monitor Health

Connect animal housing data with health records to create a full picture of animal wellbeing in your facility.

Improve Breeding

Track breeding pairs, document litters, and manage schedules, increasing colony productivity and reducing costs.

Integrate for Smarter Animal Research Operations

Connect your LARS module with your complete research ecosystem, including IACUC, LAHS (Lab Animal Health System), and other compliance modules, to streamline your entire animal research process. Our platform’s flexible architecture is designed to integrate seamlessly with your existing financial, inventory, and lab information management systems (LIMS), to enable unified workflows that drive better research outcomes without straining your IT resources.

Our Animal Care & Management Modules

IACUC (Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee)

Facilitate the review and monitoring of all animal research protocols, ensuring full compliance with IACUC regulations for both USDA and non-USDA species.

LAHS (Laboratory Animal Health and Safety)

Strengthen animal health and safety oversight with a centralized system for monitoring animal welfare, safety protocols, and compliance. This ensures humane treatment and minimizes research risks.

PAM (Post-Approval Monitoring)

Facilitate regular inspections of approved protocols and swiftly implement corrective actions to ensure continuous compliance with established safety and research standards.

See What Others
Are Saying

Dr. Priya Nair

Chair, IACUC

Managing protocols is so much easier now. The system is intuitive, and the automated reminders keep our research compliant without extra administrative burden. Managing protocols is so much easier now. The system is intuitive, and the automated reminders keep our research compliant without extra administrative burden.

Dr. Priya Nair

Chair, IACUC

Managing protocols is so much easier now. The system is intuitive, and the automated reminders keep our research compliant without extra administrative burden. Managing protocols is so much easier now. The system is intuitive, and the automated reminders keep our research compliant without extra administrative burden.

Dr. Priya Nair

Chair, IACUC

Managing protocols is so much easier now. The system is intuitive, and the automated reminders keep our research compliant without extra administrative burden. Managing protocols is so much easier now. The system is intuitive, and the automated reminders keep our research compliant without extra administrative burden.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. How does LARS integrate with my existing systems like IACUC and LAHS?

LARS seamlessly integrates with systems like IACUC and LAHS by connecting with your current research ecosystem. This eliminates the need for complex data transfers or manual updates and ensures all systems work together to streamline your processes.

2. Can LARS be customized to fit the specific needs of my animal facility?

Yes, LARS is highly flexible and can be tailored to meet the specific requirements of your animal facility, whether you need customized workflows, reporting, or integration with other tools and systems.

3. How will LARS help reduce the manual work and errors I face with census tracking?

LARS automates the census tracking process, eliminating manual entry and reducing errors. It provides real-time updates, ensuring that the data is always accurate, and ensures compliance with regulatory requirements like USDA reporting.

4. What kind of cost savings can I expect from using LARS in my facility?

By automating tasks like procurement, billing, and inventory tracking, LARS reduces manual work and errors, ultimately saving time and reducing costs associated with inefficiencies and mistakes. It also helps optimize space usage and manage resources more effectively.

5. Is LARS suitable for both small research teams and larger facilities with multiple departments?

Absolutely. Whether you're managing a small facility or a large-scale operation with multiple departments, LARS adapts to your needs and helps manage complex workflows, ensuring seamless collaboration and streamlined operations.

6. How quickly can I see results after implementing LARS?

The results are often visible within the first few weeks. You’ll see improvements in efficiency, reduced errors, and streamlined workflows almost immediately as the system automates repetitive tasks and integrates with existing processes.

7. What kind of support and training do you offer to help me get started with LARS?

We offer comprehensive training and ongoing support to ensure you get the most out of LARS. Our team will guide you through setup, help customize the platform to your needs, and provide ongoing support to address any questions or issues that arise.

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