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RECHARGES AND PER DIEM  R A T E S
Prices updated as of: July, 2008
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 checks, cage changes, cleaning, equipment and supplies.
** 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 Business Manager (626-4701) for any questions regarding the Per Diem rate schedule, or special diets.
PER DIEM RATE BY SPECIES Billing Unit

Current Rates
Calf per calf $15.36
Axolotls per pan $1.34
Axolotls per tank $8.56
Canaries/Birds per cage $2.10
Cat-Regular per cat $8.06
Dog-Regular per dog $13.63
Finches-Large Cage per cage $3.84
Ferrets per ferret $4.67
Frogs- Pan per pan $1.40
Frogs- Tank per tank $2.45
Gerbils per pan $0.88
Guinea Pig per cage $3.06
Hamsters per pan $1.55
Hamsters- Biohazard/NAS* per pan $1.81
Lizards per pan $5.04
Mice-IVC Non-Sterile Per pan $0.485
Mice-IVC Breeding Non-Sterile per pan $0.508
Mice-IVC Sterile per pan $0.554
Mice-IVC Breeding-Sterile  per pan $0.573
Mice-IVC Biohazard/NAS * (Weekly cage change) per pan $0.943
Mice-IVC Biohazard/NAS * (Bi-weekly cage change) per pan $0.750
Mice-IVC Breeding Biohaz/NAS* (Weekly cage change) per pan $0.958
Mice-IVC Breeding Biohaz/NAS* (Bi-weekly cage change) per pan $0.766
Mice-Flexible Film Isolator per pan $0.958
Mice-MI Sterile per pan $0.792
Mice-MI Breeding Sterile per pan $0.819
Mice-MI Biohazard/NAS* per pan $0.943
Mice-MI Breeding Biohazard/NAS* per pan $0.958
Mice- MI Non-Sterile per pan $0.696
Mice- MI Breeding Non-Sterile  per pan $0.717
Mice-Wild per pan $0.526
Mice- Wild Large Pan per pan $0.640
Pigs per pig $8.45
Poultry per cage $2.88
Poultry-Brooder per shelf $6.94
Primate-Monkey per monkey $18.03
Rabbit per rabbit $2.10
Rat- IVC non-sterile per cage/pan $  1.00
Rat- Double Hanging Cage or Pan per cage/pan $0.860
Rat-Dbl Hanging Cage or Pan-Breeding per cage/pan $0.882
Rat-MI per pan $1.715
Rat-MI Breeding per pan $1.751
Rat-MI Biohazard/NAS* per pan $1.975
Rat-MI Biohazard Breeding per pan $2.011
Rat- Single Hanging Cage per cage $0.743
Sheep per sheep $15.01
Snakes- Small Tank per tank $2.58
Turtles per tank $8.83

 
 Service Rates

Billing Unit

Current Rates
Technician Time per hour $  24.62
Animal Order Handling Charge per hour 10%
NAS Surcharge - Domestic Shipment* per order $  81.63
NAS Surcharge - International Shipment* per order $  92.73
Export Fee - Domestic per order $  68.66
Export Fee - International per order $  88.03
Resale Mark-up/Drugs & Supplies N/A 55%
Use Tax N/A 6.10%
Mouse Weaning per pan $  1.48
Separating Pregnant Mice per mouse $  2.84
Timed Pregnant Mice per mouse $  2.81
Large Animal Surgery Table Rate per table $ 138.80
Small Animal Surgery Table Rate per tale $  76.80
Post Op per use $ 11.84
Radiology Fee per use $ 23.34
X-Rays (excluding film & labor) per use $ 28.42
Off-Campus Animal Transportation
plus technician time at $24.62		 per mile $  .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 Business Manager, Rachel Patrick at 520-626-4701, or visit our web page at Instructions NASfrm.htm for more information.

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.

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