Factors to Consider When Calculating Costs for the Purchase of Animals Under an Approved Protocol
The following factors must be considered in calculating the costs of research animals.
***CAUTION: Please remember that NO laboratory animal, animal food, animal cage, equipment, bedding material, or other animal related commodity may be purchased or acquired from any source without prior DLAR approval.***
Cost of animals:
Please contact the DLAR Buyer at (ext. 6166) for current animal prices, availability, and sources.
For general information and your convenience, the internet address, E-mail address, and telephone number of some of our major vendors are provided below:
- Harlan Sprague Dawley, Inc.-
- Most investigators use Harlan as their rat vendor. Harlan also produces and sells mice, hamsters, gerbils, beagles, hounds, cats, rabbits, and miniature swine.
- Internet address is http://www.harlan.com
- E-mail address is harlan@harlan.com
- Telephone: 800-793-7287
- Charles River Laboratories-
- Most investigators use Charles River as their mouse vendor. Charles River also produces and sells rats, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, rabbits, and primates.
- Internet address is http://www.criver.com
- E-mail address is comments@criver.com Telephone: 800-522-7287
- Jackson Laboratories-
- Internet address is http://www.jax.org
- E-mail address is micetech@jax.org
- Telephone: 800-422-6423
- Taconic -
- Taconic produces and sells conventional and immunodeficient rats and mice.
- Internet address is www.taconic.com
- E-mail address is TaconicSer@aol.com
- Telephone: 888-822-6643
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Most investigators use Jackson Laboratories for specialty mice; Jackson also produces inbreeds & hybrids, congenic strains, mutants, and some transgenic lines.
Container costs:
- Harlan -
- Standard shipping container - $ 7.90/each (max. 18 adult rats or 50 adult mice)
- Special double-screened container - $ 9.00/each
- Enviro-safe plastic shipping container - $ Prices upon request
- Germ-free shipping drum - $ 31.50/each (Necessary for immunocompromised rodents) (max. 10 mice)
- Water transit kits - $ 4.90/each (Usually only needed in warm weather)
- Gel transit kit - $ 1.70/each (Usually needed in warm weather or long trips)
- Charles River -
- Filtered shipping crates - $ 8.40/each (max. 20 mice or 9 adult rats)
- Special nude mouse Gnotosafe shipping crates - $ 17.75/each (max. 20 adult mice)
- Water transit kits - $ 5.00/each (Usually only needed in warm weather)
- Gel transit kit - No charge with animal shipment
- Jackson -
- Protective filtered containers - $ 9.00/each (max. 50 adult mice)
- Gel transit kits - No charge with animal shipment
- Water kits - animals shipped only via air, kits not necessary
- Taconic -
- Traditional transit cage - No charge with order
- Gel packs - No charge with order
- Germ free shipping container - $ 190.00/each (max. 2 adult rats or 10 mice)
- Water kits - No charge with animal shipment
Shipping Charges:
- Harlan - $ 7.00/crate/order or shipment on standing orders on rodents and rabbits.
- Dogs - $ 2500.00 truck delivery charge (1-80 dogs)
- Charles River - $ 17.85/crate/order or shipment on standing orders.
- Jackson - $ $ 8.00/crate/order and $ 130.00 minimum on Air freight charges.
- Taconic - $15.00/crate/order and $ 58.00 minimum on Air freight charges.
- Martin Creek - $ 600.00 truck delivery charge (max. 48 Dogs)
- Myrtle's - $ 250.00 truck delivery charge. (Max. 50 Rabbits)
- Diamond B - $ 30.00 processing and delivery charge/order.
Lab Animal Resources Surcharge Fee:
- Buyer Surcharge -
- $ 0 - 300.00 - 10% of purchase order
- $ 301 - 499.00 - 5% of purchase order
- $ 500 - over - 4% of purchase order.
- Overhead Charge for Supplies and Processing, other than animals-
- 25% of order
Per Diem Costs:
- See the Per Diem page for a list of charges