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WELCOME TO HELICAL
Your DNA and Registry Data, Faster and Clearer Than Ever What used to take weeks now takes days. What required phone calls and paperwork now happens at your fingertips. And what was once managed externally is now under your direct control.
What T his Means for You Faster Parentage Resolution
Complete Visibility
Previously, if a parentage test came back as an exclusion, there would be a series of back and forth with the office as you provided alternative sire information, we submitted a new request, and you had to wait again—often adding weeks to the process.
Log into Helical today and you can:
Now, on day one, you can submit multiple sire options with a single DNA test request. Once the lab has extracted the DNA, Helical will compare them all at once, resolving most queries immediately without the back-and-forth. What could be a weeks-long process has become a matter of days.
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See every animal linked to your account
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Track exactly where each DNA test is in the process
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Review your complete testing history
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Access invoices, statements, and account balances (from 1 July)
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Submit DNA requests directly to the lab—no office paperwork required
No more wondering where your sample is or when results will arrive. You’ll have real-time updates and secure access to everything you need.
DNA Analysis Brought In-House Helical allows us to handle DNA profile analysis internally while Weatherbys Scientific continues the laboratory extraction work. This gives you and us: •
Direct control over genomic data and parentage verification
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Faster turnaround on complex parentage cases
When parentage questions arise, we can now run multiple comparisons quickly and resolve many issues without returning to you—unless we genuinely need additional information.
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The Bigger Picture: Why We’re Making This Change For over 20 years, the ABRI database served us well. But technology has moved on and so have member expectations. Modern pedigree recording requires systems that can handle complex genomic data, integrate seamlessly, and put information directly in your hands. Helical is that system—and it’s already trusted by breed societies around the world.
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