MEMORANDUM

TO: Animal Users, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)

FROM: W. L. Shelton, LAR Director

SUBJECT: Animal Per-Diem Rate Change (Subsidized and non-subsidized)

DATE: 28 April 2008

This memorandum is to notify you of changes in the rate structure for animal care. We have not modified rates for animal care since 2002,

but because of significant increases in costs of expendables (feed, bedding, and cleaning supplies), we must add an increment to the daily rate

structure in order to maintain our cost recovery. The increase is minimal and will take effect in August 2008. However, you will note another

major change in the posted rates; we have had to develop a rate structure to recover the actual expenses for animal care, which includes

personnel and other operating costs. This Per Diem structure will not be directly applicable to CAS personnel because the college has

financially supported the Animal Care Program for the past several decades; the posted Per Diem rate is subsidized for animal users in the

college as indicated in Table 1. Thus, the rate billed to CAS animal users, though slightly higher than previously, will be at the subsidized

rate. Non-CAS investigators will be required to pay the actual costs for providing animal care (Table 2).

Table 1. Daily Animal Care Per-Diem Rates – PI's Subsidized by CAS

                  Group Housed - daily ($) per animal - Individually Housed

           Mice:         0.06                                                         0.08   

            Rats:         0.12                                                         0.19   

       Rabbits:         N/A                                                         1.60     

Guinea Pigs:         N/A                                                         0.43

 Chipmunks:         0.06                                                          N/A

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Table 2. Non-Subsidized Animal Care Per-Diem Rates – Non-CAS Investigators

              Group Housed – daily ($) per animal – Individually Housed

          Mice:           0.39                                                        0.59

           Rats:           1.10                                                        1.66

      Rabbits:           N/A                                                        3.00

Guinea Pigs:          N/A                                                        3.10