Per Diem Rates
Rates
$0.73 per cage
$0.81 per cage
$1.08 per cage
Rats & Voles
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
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
Per Diem rates include
- Daily observations of every animal
- PPE
- Standard husbandry, caging and supplies
- Routine veterinary health care
- Environental enrichment
- Washing/Sanitizing caging and related equipment
- Husbandry supplies
- Facility maintenance and sanitation
- Refuse disposal
- Senital program
- Occupational health monitoring
- Animal procurement from approved vendors
- Training of research staff
- Related supervisory and administrative costs
Per Diem rates DO NOT include
- Research induced veterinary health care
- Quarentine testing
- Specialty supplies
- Technical support services (injections, surgical support, post-op monitoring, breeding colony managemenet, etc.)
- Veterinary intervention (as a part of a research project or surgical/advanced medical intervention for research induced conditions)
- Sepcial 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
- Other services/supplies, as needed
Miscellaneous Animal Husbandry Charges
Technical Services (charged in 15 minute incraments)
Technical Support (weaning, euthanasia, separations, etc.)
Senior Technical Support (injections, surgical support, breeding colony support, etc.)
Veterinary Professional Fee
- Requested as a part of a research project (protocol-approved surgery, neropsy or tissue harvesting to collect experimental data, etc.) and/or
- Veterinaryian must provide surgical or advanced medial intervention for research-induced conditions
Laundry/Scrub Services
Sunflower Seeds
Rates/Fees
$30 per hour
$45 per hour
$70 per hour
$25 per month
$1.20 per serving
Metabolic/CLAMS Fees
Rat CLAMS
Rat Metabolic Unit
Mouse CLAMS
Mouse Metabolic Unit
Rates/Fees
50% off per diem
$30
50% off per diem +
$60 cleaning fee
$60
Surgical/Autoclave/Equipment Services
Surgery Pack*
Autoclave Fee (Lab Supplies)*
Tabletop Autoclave Fee
Biological Indictator (for autoclave validation)*
*MUST be requested 48 hours in advance
Lighted Tail Vein Restrainer Use Fee
Rates/Fees
$45
$30 per run
$5 per run
$15
$7.50 per use
Clean Fostering
Cost includes clean animals, all labor, testing and validation
Rates/Fees
$405 per clean litter
Delivery Services
Transport of animals between campuses
Rates/Fees
$5 per crates + tech time
Import/Export
Domestic
International
Rates/Fees
$90 + all applicable fees*
$150 + all applicable fees*
*Fees may include courier costs, shipping supplies (crates, dividers, supplements), tech time and admin fees.