The operating system for animal DNA testing labs.
AnimalTrace turns everyday lab work into governed, verifiable genetic data, and builds in the breeding-genetics decision support most lab software never had.
The problem
Great science is running on weak software.
Animal genetic testing is growing fast. Many of the labs behind it run on legacy LIMS, in-house tools, and spreadsheets that don't scale, can't be audited, and break on every integration.
Brittle operations
Manual result handling and scattered status fields make lab work error-prone and hard to trace.
Weak audit & trust
Limited audit trails and unverifiable reports undermine diligence, compliance, and customer confidence.
Single-species lock-in
Point solutions are built for one species or one test and need rebuilds to expand.
For most of this market, the software being replaced is still a spreadsheet.
How it works
One governed path, intake to verified report.
AnimalTrace models lab work as explicit, audited workflows: raw source data, then normalized values, then released facts. Nothing important happens as a silent side effect.
- Source payloads are preserved before they are parsed.
- Values normalize into canonical loci and interpretations; unknowns fail closed into review queues.
- Released facts are versioned snapshots that feed reports, Search, and Match.
The genetics engine
Quantitative genetics you can audit.
The science is deterministic, explainable, and auditable. Working results stay separate from released, versioned facts, so genetic truth is governed and reproducible.
Recessive-risk pairing
Punnett-square offspring outcomes (affected, carrier, or clear) from released carrier statuses.
Inbreeding coefficient
A pedigree-based COI for the proposed pairing, with the common ancestors traced.
Mate recommendation
Ranks candidates by a balance of safety (recessive risk) and diversity (COI), with hard filters.
Who it's for
Built for the lab. Valuable to the breeder.
For DNA testing labs
Run real operations end to end
- Structured ingestion that replaces brittle, manual result handling
- First-class audit and independently verifiable reports
- New species by configuration, not rebuilds
For breeders & registries
Decisions grounded in real genetics
- Recessive-risk screening before a pairing is made
- Offspring inbreeding-coefficient estimates from the pedigree
- Verifiable, shareable reports tied to a durable animal record
The data layer
A durable record, not just a tool.
Every animal carries a durable record under scoped access: identity, ownership, released facts, and consent state that outlives any single report.
Durable records
Released facts are versioned and reproducible, so the record stays trustworthy as rules and panels improve.
Verifiable reports
Every result becomes a TraceReport or one-page TraceSnapshot, each a content-hash snapshot anyone can verify.
Network participation
Labs, clinics, and registries collaborate on shared records under consent and scoped access.
Trust by design
Architected for the standards that matter.
Compliance is built from platform primitives: consent records, append-only audit, versioned scientific rules, and scoped access. It is part of the data model, not a layer bolted on afterward. The architecture is designed toward recognized standards; certification follows operation and evidence.
The trusted data layer
under animal genetic testing.
If you run a lab, a registry, or a breeding program, we'd like to show you AnimalTrace on your own data.