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
Breeding (cages with pups ≥ 14 days of age)
Special (Sterile/Quarantine/Hazardous)
Rates
$1.00 per cage
$1.11 per cage
$1.50 per cage
$1.74 per cage
Vole Per Diems
SPF (Ventilated)
Static
Breeding (cages with pups ≥ 14 days of age)
Special (Sterile/Quarantine/Hazardous)
Rates
$1.00 per cage
$1.11 per cage
$1.50 per cage
$1.74 per cage
Rabbit Per Diems
Per Cage Fee
Rates
$3.39 per cage
What's 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
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
miscellaneous animal husbandry & Service charges
- Technical Services
- Metabolic Units
- CLAMS
- Surgical/Autoclave/Equipment Services
- Clean Fostering
- Delivery Service
- Import/Export
- Airgas Tanks
Technical Services (charged in 15 minute 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 of Live Animals
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.
Gas
Tank Rental
Oxygen - Extra Small Tank
Oxygen - Large Tank
Carbon Dioxide - Extra Small Tank
Carbon Dioxide - Large Tank
Specialty Gas
(0.5% CO2 / 20.5% O2 / NI 200)
This gas has a 2-4 week lead time to order.
Energy Fee
Hazmat Fee
Delivery Fee
Airgas Part Number
N/A
OX USPEA
OX USP200
CD USPE
CD USP50X
X03NI79P2000440
N/A
N/A
N/A
Rate/Fees
$0.22 per tank/per day
$5.27 per tank
$8.35 per tank
$13.13 per tank
$13.84 per tank
$451.00 per tank
$2.75 per tank
$1.23 per tank
$2.45 per tank
- Tank rental is charged per tank per day and billed monthly on your DLAR per diems invoice.
- Tank charges will be invoice on the month the tank is replaced. Energy, hazmat and delivery fees are assessed when a new tank is installed.
- Prices are subject to change without notice.
- Prices as of July 3, 2024 delivery.