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Per Diem Rates and Service Charges
Per Diem Rates
Mouse
Rates - Per Cage/Per Day
| Cost Center | July 1, 2025 | July 1, 2026 | July 1, 2027 |
| SPF (Ventilated) | $0.82 per cage | $0.92 per cage | $1.03 per cage |
| Static | SPF + Tech Time | SPF + Tech Time | SPF + Tech Time |
| Special (Sterile/Quarentine/Hazardous) | $1.06 per cage | $1.06 per cage | $1.06 per cage |
Rat
Rates - Per Cage/Per Day
| Cost Center | July 1, 2025 | July 1, 2026 | July 1, 2027 |
| SPF (Ventilated) | $1.06 per cage | $1.13 per cage | $1.20 per cage |
| Static | $1.06 per cage | $1.13 per cage | $1.20 per cage |
| Breeding (Cages with pups ≥ days of age) | SPF + Tech Time | SPF + Tech Time | SPF + Tech Time |
| Double Bedding (Small & Large) | SPF + Tech Time | SPF + Tech Time | SPF + Tech Time |
| Special (Sterile/Quarentine/Hazardous) | $1.69 per cage | $1.69 per cage | $1.69 per cage |
Vole
Rates - Per Cage/Per Day
| Cost Center | July 1, 2025 | July 1, 2026 | July 1, 2027 |
| SPF (Ventilated) | $1.12 per cage | $1.26 per cage | $1.41 per cage |
| Static | $1.12 per cage | $1.26 per cage | $1.41 per cage |
| Breeding (Cages with pups ≥ days of age) | SPF + Tech Time | SPF + Tech Time | SPF + Tech Time |
| Double Bedding (Small & Large) | SPF + Tech Time | SPF + Tech Time | SPF + Tech Time |
| Special (Sterile/Quarentine/Hazardous) | $1.82 per cage | $1.82 per cage | $1.82 per cage |
Rabbit
Rates - Per Cage/Per Day
| Per Cage Fee | July 1, 2025 | July 1, 2026 | July 1, 2027 |
| $3.35 per cage | $3.35 per cage | $3.35 per cage |
What's Included?
Included
- Daily observations of every animal
- PPE
- Standard husbandry, caging and supplies
- Routine veterinary health care
- Environmental enrichment
- Washing/Sanitizing caging and related equipment
- Husbandry supplies
- Facility maintenance and sanitation
- Refuse disposal
- Sentinel program
- Occupational health monitoring
- Animal procurement from approved vendors
- Training of research staff
- Related supervisory and administrative costs
Not Included
- Quarantine testing
- Specialty supplies and other services/supplies, as needed
- Technical support services
(injections, surgical support, post-op monitoring, breeding colony management, etc.) - Veterinary intervention
(as a part of a research project or surgical/advanced medical intervention for research induced conditions) - Special diets/water
- Clean fostering
- Import/Export fees
- (to/from collaborating institutions)
- Autoclaving lab supplies
- The vendor animal charges, box/crate fees and shipping
- Transportation of animals between campuses
- Laundry services
Budget Planning
When developing your animal project budget for July 1 2028 and beyond, plan on 5%-7% annual increase for animal related expenses.
Miscellaneous Animal Husbandry and Service Charges
Technical Services
Technical services are charged in 15 minute increments.
| Services | Rates/Fees |
| Technical Support Services (weaning, euthanasia, separations, etc.) |
$30.00 per hour ($7.50 per 15 minutes) |
| Senior Technical Support Services (injections, surgical support, breeding colony support, etc.) |
$40.00 per hour ($10.00 per 15 minutes) |
|
Veterinary Professional Services
|
$76.00per hour ($19.00 per 15 minutes). |
| Administrative Services | Rates/Fees |
|
This fee may be assessed when:
|
$32.00 per hour ($8.00 per 15 minutes). |
| Other | Rates/Fees |
| Laundry/Scrub Services | $25.00 per month |
| Sunflower Seeds* | $1.03 per serving |
*Prices are subject to change without notice.
Service fees are evaluated and adjusted as deemed necessary.
Metabolic Units
Rates/Fees
| Mouse Metabolic Unit | $60.00 |
| Rat Metabolic Unit | $30.00 |
CLAMS Units
Rates/Fees
| Mouse CLAMS Unit | 50% off per diem rate + $60.00 cleaning fee |
| Rat CLAMS Unit | 50% off per diem rate |
Import/Export of Live Animals
Rates/Fees
| Domestic Administration Fee | $101.00 up to 2 hours then $50.50 per hour* |
| International Administration Fee | $176.75 up to 3.5 hours then $50.50 per hour* |
*Plus all applicable fees.
Fees may include courier costs, shipping supplies (crates, dividers, supplements),
tech time, quarantine testing and additional administrative charges.
Delivery Service
Rates/Fees
| Transportation of animals between UToledo campuses | $5.00 per crate + Tech Time |
Airgas Tanks
| Gas | Tank Size | Airgas Part Number | Rates/Fees |
| Tank Rental | N/A | N/A | $0.24 per tank/per day |
| Oxygen | Extra Small | USPEA | $9.87 per tank |
| Oxygen | Large | USP200 | $12.97 per tank |
| Carbon Dioxide | Extra Small | USPE | $18.72 per tank |
| Carbon Dioxide | Large | USP50X | $18.90 per tank |
| Specialty Gas (0.5% CO2/20.5% O2/NI 200) |
--- | X03NI79P2000440 | $497.74 per tank |
Specialty gas has a 2-4 week lead time to order.
- Tank rental is charged per tank per day and billed monthly on your DLAR per diems invoice.
- Tank charges will be invoice during the month the tank is replaced.
- Prices are subject to change without notice.
- Prices are as of March 31, 2026.
Surgical/Autoclave/Equipment Services
Rates/Fees
| Surgery Pack* | $45.00 |
| Autoclave Fee (Lab Supplies)* | $30.00 per run |
| Biological Indicator (for autoclave validation) | $15.00 |
| Lighted Tail Vein Restrainer Use Fee | $7.50 per use |
| HM5 Vet Scan** | $7.70 per run |
*MUST be requested 48 hours in advance.
**Prices are subject to change without notice.