This activity is used when an animal is gone or moved to a different cage. Deactivating a cage card takes the card off census and the PI is no longer charged for additional care days or other costs associated with the cards that have been deactivated.
In this article, you will learn the steps to deactivate a cage card in the Animal Operations Portal.
On the Animal Operations home page, click the Cage Cards link.
The Cage Cards page is displayed.
To select what type of value to search by, click the drop-down list next to the Filter field.
Select the filter preference from the list.
Example shown here: the PI list item.
Enter appropriate information into the search field.
Example shown here: "Lathrop" into the search field.
With the appropriate information entered, click the Go button.
The list has been filtered to display cage cards with the entered information.
Click the Deactivate Cards button.
Select the cage cards you want to deactivate by selecting the checkbox next to the ID field.
Example shown here: Cage Card ID C00116479 option.
You can select multiple cards to deactivate.
Example shown here: Card ID C00116489 option.
With the cage card(s) selected, click the Set deactivate date field.
A calendar will appear. You may enter the date manually or select from the calendar.
Select the appropriate date from the calendar.
Example shown here: January 25th.
With the cage card(s) and date selected, click the Submit button.
The cage cards page is displayed without the deactivated a cage card(s).