Per Diem Rates
per diems
Mouse Per Diems
SPF (Ventilated)
Static
Special (Sterile/Quarantine/Hazardous)
Rates
$0.73 per cage
$0.81 per cage
$1.08 per cage
Rat Per Diems
SPF (Ventilated)
Static - Small
Static - Large
Breeding (cages with pups ≥ 14 days of age) - SPF & Small
Breeding (cages with pups ≥ 14 days of age) - Large
Double Bedding - Small
Double Bedding - Large
Special (Sterile/Quarantine/Hazardous)
Rates
$1.00 per cage
$1.00 per cage
$1.04 per cage
$1.50 per cage
$1.58 per cage
$1.66 per cage
$1.74 per cage
$1.74 per cage
Vole Per Diems
SPF (Ventilated)
Breeding (cages with pups ≥ 14 days of age) - SPF & Small
Breeding (cages with pups ≥ 14 days of age) - Large
Double Bedding - Small
Double Bedding - Large
Special (Sterile/Quarantine/Hazardous)
Rates
$1.00 per cage
$1.50 per cage
$1.58 per cage
$1.66 per cage
$1.74 per cage
$1.74 per cage
Rabbit Per Diems
Per Cage Fee
Rates
$3.39 per cage
What Included and Not Included in your per diems
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
DO NOT Include
- 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
miscellaneous animal husbandry charges
- Technical Services
- Metabolic Units
- clams
- Surgical/autoclave/equipment services
- clean fostering
- delivery service
- import/export
Technical Services (charged in 15 minutes increments)
Technical Support Services (weaning, euthanasia, separations, etc.)
Senior Technical Support Services (injections, surgical support, breeding colony support, etc.)
Veterinary Professional Services
- Requested as a part of a research project (protocol-approved surgery, necropsy or tissue harvesting to collect experimental data, etc. ) and/or
- Veterinarian must provide surgical or advanced medical intervention for research-induced conditions
Laundry/Scrub Services
Sunflower Seeds
Rates/Fees
$30.00 per hour
$45.00 per hour
$70.00 per hour
$25.00 per month
$1.20 per serving
Metabolic Unit
Mouse Metabolic Unit
Rat Metabolic Unit
Rates/Fees
$60.00
$30.00
CLAMS
Mouse CLAMS
Rat CLAMS
Rates/Fees
50% off per diem + $60.00 Cleaning Fee
50% off per diem
Surgical/Autoclave/Equipment Services
Surgery Pack*
Autoclave Fee (Lab Supplies)*
Biological Indicator (for autoclave validation)*
Lighted Tail Vein Restrainer Use Fee
HM5 Vet Scan
Rates/Fees
$45.00
$15.00 per run
$15.00
$7.50 per use
$7.00 per run
*MUST be requested 48 hours in advance
Clean Fostering
Cost includes clean animals, all labor, testing and validation
Rates/Fees
$405 per clean litter
Delivery Service
Transportation of animals between campuses
Rates/Fees
$5 per crate + tech time
Import/Export
Domestic Administration Fee
International Administration Fee
Rates/Fees
$90 up to 2 hours then $45 per hour*
$150 up to 3.5 hours then $45 per hour*
*Plus all applicable fees. Fees may include courier costs, shipping supplies (crates, dividers, supplements), tech time, quarantine testing and additional administrative charges.