Animal Data Field Questions
Animal Classification
Options
captive wild animal
free-ranging wild
animal
owned
domesticated
species
unowned
domesticated
species
estimate
Animal Data Field Questions
Animal to Human Interfaces
Select the animal to human interfaces
that best describe the animal’s contact
with people in this setting. Select all that
apply.
Options
hunted
in transit along the value chain
for sale in restaurant
private wildlife collection or pet
for sale in small market (< 5
vendors)
for sale in medium market (5-20
vendors)
for sale in large market (> 20
vendors)
destined for consumption
private sale
raiding markets
raiding crops
zoo
Identification Certainty
What is the level of certainty
of species identification?
actual
Sex
male
female
unknown
fetus
neonate
subadult
adult
unknown
alive
dead (fresh carcass)
alive (non-invasive
sample collection)
cooked
dead (>48 hours)
preserved in liquid
preying on livestock or their
food
public safety hazard (e.g. threat
to humans)
in human dwelling
dried
salted
at abattoir/slaughterhouse
fermented
smoked
frozen
powdered
apparently healthy
sick
abscesses
abdominal mass
amputated body
parts
broken bones
contusions
dermatitis
diarrhea
emaciated
external parasites
hair loss
in shock
not preserved
at temporary holding facility in
value chain
food
medicine
pet
research
souvenir/trophy
human (H)
non-human primates (P)
rodents/shrews (R)
bats (B)
birds (I)
camels (M)
carnivores (V)
cats (C)
Age Class
Condition
Estimate Condition at
Sampling
Preservation Method (only if
dead) - Select all that apply.
Estimate Health Status at
sampling. Select one option.
Clinical signs
Specify clinical signs if found
sick or injured. Select all that
apply.
unknown
injured
unknown
lacerations
lethargic
nasal discharge
non-responsive
other
paralysis
respiratory
symptoms
skin lesions
skin mass
swelling
Intended use
If this animal or animal product is being
produced or sold, what is the intended
use of the animal product? Select all that
apply.
Taxa Codes
wild animal farm
guano or manure farm
sanctuary
rehabilitation center
within 10m of tourists/ecotourism
within 10m of park personnel in
intensive wildlife management
area
within 10m of researchers (other
than PREDICT staff)
within 10m of workers in
extractive industry
within 10m of workers harvesting
crops
contact with domestic animals or
humans NOT likely
other
spiritual
zoo/education
unknown
other
cattle/buffalo (T)
dogs (D)
goats/sheep (G)
poultry (Y)
swine (S)
ungulates (U)
pangolins (A)
other (N)
SPECIMEN DATA FIELD OPTIONS
Specimen Type and Codes
anterior
choanal swab
nasal swab
nasopharyngeal swab
ocular swab
oral swab
oropharyngeal swab
sputum
posterior
cloacal swab
feces
guano
rectal swab
prepucial swab
urine/urogenital swab
vaginal swab
10% buffered formalin
lysis buffer
cryotube
glass jar
ultra low freezer (80c)
freezer (20c to 40c)
CH
NS
HS
ES
OS
OP
SP
CL
FE
GU
RS
PS
US
VS
F
L
blood products
blood clot
blood (whole)
buffy coat
plasma
red blood cells
serum
Tissue Types and Codes
BC
BL
BU
BP
RB
BS
internal fluids
bile
cerebrospinal fluid
milk
pericardial fluid
peritoneal fluid
pleural fluid
urine
FB
FC
FM
FD
FN
FP
UR
adrenal
brain
cecum
colon
duodenum
heart
kidney
other
AD
BR
CS
CO
DU
HE
KI
TO
lung
lymph node
muscle
ovary
pancreas
small intestine
spleen
LU
LY
MU
OV
PZ
SI
SP
others
tissue
environmental sample
other
Use tissue
codes
EV
ZZ
Specimen Medium
RNA later
R
trizol
T
Specimen Container
plastic container
whirl pack
Specimen Storage Method
liquid nitrogen
room temperature
viral transport media (VTM)
no medium
V
N
other
other
Animal/Human IDs
Preferred format: CountryOrgTaxaAnimal(Human)#
For example, the first bat sampled in Tanzania would be TZAB0001 (Country=TZ, Org=A, Taxa=B, 0001 is the number)
If just 1 organization is working in a country, please use “A” for Org.
If there are 2 organizations working in a country, the leading partner Org. would use “A” and the other organization would use “B”.
Specimen IDs
Preferred format: AnimalIDSpecimenTypeMediumSpecimen
For example, (using the animal example noted above and the specimen code in the chart) TZAB0001 would be appended with (Specimen type code and the Specimen medium
code) If you collected 2 oral swabs, one stored in VTM, the other in Trizol, then they would be named TZAB0001.OSV and TZAB0001.OST. If in the unlikely event you collected
more than 1 specimen type in the same medium, you can add a number to the ID after the code was generated, for example TZAB0001.OST.1 and TZAB0001.OST.2
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