Invoice processing fee, to cover purchase expense

Chicken brooders, finches, quail, frogs, gerbils, hamsters, mice, and rats are charged on a per cage basis.  All other animals are charged individually (unless otherwise noted).

Mice (Standard)    = 1 - 5 mice per shoebox cage

Rats (Standard)    = 1 - 3 rats per shoebox cage

Clinical Vet Tech Assistance, 30-minute increments, 30-minute minimum, charged when part of experimental protocol.  Includes technician salary, staff benefits, and standard charge for materials; materials not separately charged for most procedures.  (The cost of the preventive medical program and the diagnosis and treatment of non-experimentally induced disease is included in the per diem charge, and not charged separately.)

Cost per animal, covers initial health screening and identification upon entrance into the facility.

Full surgery room, includes basic pack, anesthesia, one Surgical Vet Tech, animal prep and set-up & clean-up.

Surgery room only, 30-minute minimum includes basic pack, anesthesia.

Note: Additional set-up and clean-up time may be billed.

Transgenic Animal Services

Animal tech salary plus staff benefits; 30-minute increments, 30-minute minimum.

Driver salary plus staff benefits and vehicle expense; per hour, 30-minute increments, 30-minute minimum, late fee may apply.

Actual vendor price (cost of item, sales tax, freight) plus departmental overhead (4.95% for administrative expense).

Technical support to convert conventional disease status mice to SPF; lab analyses additional. Animal purchases and per diem are additional.

Research Scientist I salary plus staff benefits; supplies

 Transgenic prices are per session