Fiscal Year 2022
For the purposes of estimating annual costs for research and grant proposals, expect
a 3 percent minimum annual increase.
| Mice |
Per Diem Rates
|
| Non-sterile |
$0.70 |
| Sterile |
$0.95 |
| Rats |
Per Diem Rates
|
| Non-sterile |
$1.29 |
Effective Rates Starting December 1, 2024
| Mice |
Per Diem Rates
|
| Non-sterile |
$0.78 |
| Sterile |
$1.05 |
| BSL 2&3 |
$1.10 |
| Rats |
Per Diem Rates
|
| Non-sterile |
$1.47 |
Included in Per Diems
- Routine and standard husbandry
- Routine cage changes
- Routine animal health care
- Animal self‐injury care
- Daily animal health checks
- Routine sentinel program
- Disease outbreak management
- Animal carcass or tissue disposal
- Sharps containment and disposal
- Environmental enrichment
- Colony health management
- Training and protocol development
- Animal procurement services
- Routine facility inspections, maintenance and repairs
- Routine billing
- General necropsy
- Emergency care
Services
The following services are not included in per diems and are charged back to the PI
directly.
- Import and export fees
- Non‐standard diets and shipping fees
- Isoflurane
- Quarantine assays
- Quarantine management from unapproved vendors
- Shipping and crate fees
- Special PPE requests
- Special technical services, including drugs, supplies or materials requested by PIs
- Unapproved transfers, imports/exports and shipping costs
- Oxygen tank mishandling fee (i.e, leaving the oxygen on overnight): $32 per incident
- Water bottle service rate: $2 per bottle
- Isoflurane restocking fee: $100 per incident
- Dedicated room rental fee: $250 per month
- Special equipment/room installation, storage or removal costs
- Special housing or room segregation requests
- Dedicated housing or procedure room requests
- Procedure room charges
