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RECHARGES AND PER DIEM RATES FOR ANIMAL CARE
Updated: March 31, 2009

The following per diem rates reflect the cost for the daily care and housing of laboratory animals and technical assistance.. Per diems cover these basic services: feed, bedding, health monitoring, cage changes, cleaning, equipment and supplies, facility maintenance, and the administration of the animal care program. This fee is charged every day for each animal or cage of animals housed by UAC.
** Due to the additional workload imposed upon UAC husbandry and administrative personnel, and additional resources used before, during and after a GLP study, UAC is charging a one-time administrative fee of $1,500 for all new GLP studies. If you are currently writing a proposal for a GLP study, please include the $1,500 fee in your budget.
* Please contact the UAC Financial Manager (626-4701) for any questions regarding the Per Diem rate schedule, or special diets.
PER DIEM RATE BY SPECIES

Billing Unit

Current Rates

New Rates
Effective 7/01/09
Calf calf $15.36 $16.13
Axolotls per pan $1.34 $1.41
Axolotls per tank $8.56 $8.99
Canaries/Birds per cage $2.10 $2.21
Cat-Regular per cat $8.06 $8.46
Dog-Regular per dog $13.63 $14.31
Finches-Large Cage per cage $3.84 $4.03
Ferrets per ferret $4.67 $4.90
Frogs- Pan per pan $1.40 $1.47
Frogs- Tank per tank $2.45 $2.57
Gerbils per pan $0.88 $0.92
Guinea Pig per cage $3.06 $3.21
Hamsters per pan $1.55 $1.63
Hamsters- Biohazard/NAS* per pan $1.81 $1.90
Lizards per pan $5.04 $5.29
Mice-IVC Non-Sterile per pan $0.485 $0.509
Mice-IVC Breeding Non-Sterile per pan $0.508 $0.533
Mice-IVC Sterile per pan $0.554 $0.582
Mice-IVC Breeding-Sterile per pan $0.573 $0.602
Mice-IVC Biohazard/NAS * (Weekly cage change) per pan $0.943 $0.990
Mice-IVC Biohazard/NAS * (Bi-weekly cage change) per pan $0.750 $0.788
Mice-IVC Breeding Biohaz/NAS* (Weekly cage change) per pan $0.958 $1.006
Mice-IVC Breeding Biohaz/NAS* (Bi-weekly cage change) per pan $0.766 $0.804
Mice-Flexible Film Isolator per pan $0.958 $1.006
Mice-MI Sterile per pan $0.792 $0.832
Mice-MI Breeding Sterile per pan $0.819 $0.860
Mice-MI Biohazard/NAS* per pan $0.943 $0.990
Mice-MI Breeding Biohazard/NAS* per pan $0.958 $1.006
Mice- MI Non-Sterile per pan $0.696 $0.731
Mice- MI Breeding Non-Sterile per pan $0.717 $0.753
Mice-Wild per pan $0.526 $0.552
Mice- Wild Large Pan per pan $0.640 $0.672
Pigs per pig $8.45 $8.87
Poultry per cage $2.88 $3.02
Poultry-Brooder per shelf $6.94 $7.29
Primate-Monkey per monkey $18.03 $18.03
Rabbit per rabbit $2.10 $2.21
Rat- IVC non-sterile per cage/pan $1.000 $1.050
Rat- Double Hanging Cage or Pan per cage/pan $0.860 $0.903
Rat-Dbl Hanging Cage or Pan-Breeding per cage/pan $0.882 $0.926
Rat-MI per pan $1.715 $1.801
Rat-MI Breeding per pan $1.751 $1.839
Rat-MI Biohazard/NAS* per pan $1.975 $2.074
Rat-MI Biohazard Breeding per pan $2.011 $2.112
Rat- Single Hanging Cage per cage $0.743 $0.780
Sheep per sheep $15.01 $15.761
Snakes- Small Tank per tank $2.58 $2.709
Turtles per tank $8.83 $9.272

 

 Service Rates

Billing Unit

Current Rates

 New Rates
Effective 7/01/09
Technician Time per hour $ 24.62 $25.85
Animal Order Handling Charge per hour 10% 10%
NAS Surcharge - Domestic Shipment* per order $ 81.63 $85.71
NAS Surcharge - International Shipment* per order $ 92.73 $97.37
Export Fee - Domestic per order $ 68.66 $72.09
Export Fee - International per order $ 88.03 $92.43
Resale Mark-up/Drugs & Supplies N/A 55% 55%
Use Tax N/A 6.10% 6.10%
Mouse Weaning per pan $ 1.48 $1.55
Separating Pregnant Mice per mouse $ 2.84 $2.98
Timed Pregnant Mice per mouse $ 2.81 $2.95
Large Animal Surgery Table Rate per table $138.80 $145.70
Small Animal Surgery Table Rate per tale $ 76.80 $80.64
Post Op per use $11.84 $12.43
Radiology Fee per use $23.34 $24.51
X-Rays (excluding film & labor) per use $28.42 $29.84
Off-Campus Animal Transportation
plus technician time at $25.85		 per mile $0.445 $0.445
*NAS indicates animals obtained from a non-approved source.  For questions regarding NAS animals please call Wendy Keswater at 520-626-4511.  For all other questions regarding rates, call our Financial Manager, Rachel Patrick at 520-626-4701, or visit our web page at Instructions NASfrm.htm for more information.

RESEARCH ANIMAL INDEMNIFICATION POLICY

Note: Per diem rates for animal care or direct charges for personnel costs and supplies are based on the cost analysis and recovery procedures outlined in the NIH document Cost Analysis and Rate Setting Manual for Animal Resource Facilities (NIH Publication No. 00-2006). Revised May, 2000). The rates are reviewed periodically by UAC administrative officers.  These rates are subject to change but will remain in effect unless otherwise announced. Investigators are advised to budget accordingly.

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