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Husbandry fees

Animal husbandry fees assist in recovering a portion of the direct operating costs of animal husbandry.

Animal husbandry includes, but is not limited to:

  • Daily care and maintenance of animals
  • Observation
  • Feeding
  • Watering
  • Providing regular enrichment supplies
  • Changing and cleaning cages/tanks
  • Maintaining a suitable environment
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  • Sanitizing animal rooms
  • Supplies (feed, bedding, disinfectants, enrichment, etc.)
  • Equipment maintenance, repair and replacement

Calculation and billing

Fees are calculated monthly and billed to the relevant researcher quarterly.

Additional cost recovery fees apply for consumable supplies or special housing related to experimental needs. Contact Animal Care Services for details.

Animal husbandry fees

Effective April 1, 2023

Fees are calculated monthly and billed to the relevant researcher quarterly.

Additional cost recovery fees apply for consumable supplies or special housing related to experimental needs. Contact Animal Care Services for details.

Mouse

Fee

Standard Mouse Housing Husbandry

$0.25/mouse/day

Biohazard/Quarantine Mouse Husbandry Fees $0.38/mouse/day

Sterile Environment Mouse Husbandry Fees *

$0.38/mouse/day

Breeding Mouse Husbandry Fees ** $0.31/mouse/day

Note: *Immunodeficient animals are housed in a sterile environment

**Breeding Mouse Husbandry Fees apply to active breeding cages only

Rat

Fee

Standard Rat Husbandry Fees

$0.43/rat/day

Biohazard/Quarantine Rat Husbandry Fees

$0.65/rat/day

Breeding Rat Husbandry Fees* $0.55/rat/day

Note: *Breeding Rat Husbandry Fees apply to active breeding cages only

Aquatic

Fee

Processed Water Usage

$0.03/litre/day

Initial fill and percentage of daily water change on tank housing invertebrates and amphibians $0.03/litre/day *
Holding/Housing inoculated system Start-Up fee (with bio-media) $250/unit *

*Effective April 1, 2021

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