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
- vet med gas service
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.
Vet Med 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)
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
TBD
$1.38 per tank
$0.77 per tank
$1.53 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.