Incoming Orders: Animal Purchases
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Animal Purchases Cage Cards Activation Deactivation Drop Boxes Transfer

To purchase new animals:

1. Fill out the most recent Animal Request / Order Form and email to Animal Purchasing. (Deadline is Tuesday at noon for the earliest delivery of Wednesday the following week)
2. An email confirmation will be sent to you with your order number when the order is received. Please refer us this number if you have any questions, comments, concerns or changes about your order. If the order number is not provided to Animal Purchasing, then it is going to take a longer period of time to process any request.
3. After housing approval the order will be placed with the vendor.
4. New cage cards will be printed by the facility supervisor and the bottom activation strip will be removed before distribution.
5. Cage cards will be ready for the animals by the time they are delivered. If labs house their own animals they must pick up these cage cards from the facility supervisor's office. If the Department of Comparative Medicine houses the lab's animals for them, then they will place these cards on the animal cages for you.
6. If there are multiple cage cards in a card holder, the bar coded cage card must be on top. A fee will incur if the barcoded cage card is not visible.

For more up to date information on purchasing animals please see the DCM Website here.

Note: If cage card or barcode is damaged, missing, or needs to be replaced you must request new cage cards or a fee will occur. See Cage Card Requests.