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Web Program for Laboratory Animal Group Separation Based on Biological Characteristics

생체지표를 활용한 웹기반의 실험동물 군(郡) 분리 프로그램

  • Kim, Chang-Hwan (The 5th R&D Institute-4, Agency for Defense Development) ;
  • Lee, Dae-Sang (The 5th R&D Institute-4, Agency for Defense Development)
  • 김창환 (국방과학연구소 제 5기술연구본부 4부) ;
  • 이대상 (국방과학연구소 제 5기술연구본부 4부)
  • Received : 2012.02.01
  • Accepted : 2012.02.22
  • Published : 2012.02.29
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Abstract

The laboratory animal group separation is dividing animal population into subgroups, which have similar average and standard deviation values among the subgroups, based on the biological characteristics such as body weight, glucose level in blood, etc. Although group separation is very important and initial step in experimental design, it needs a labor intensive process for researchers because of making similar average and standard deviation values among the subgroups using the raw biological characteristics. To reduce the labor cost and increase the efficiency of animal grouping, we developed a web program named as laboratory animal group separation (LAGS) program. This LAGS uses biological characteristics of population, number of group, and the number of elements per each subgroup as input data. The LAGS automatically separates the population into each subgroup that has similar statistical data such as average and standard deviation values among subgroups. It also provides researchers with the extraordinary data generated in the process of grouping and the final grouping results by graphical display. Through our LAGS, researchers can validate and confirm results of laboratory animal group separation by just a few mouse clicks.

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