Per Diem Rates

Per Diem Rates

LASC-BUMC

To recover a portion of the money spent on animal care, per diem rates for the various species are charged by the LASC. Depending upon a researcher’s affiliation within or to the University and the sources of funding, different per diem rates may apply than are posted below. Per diem rates are established by the University and published on an annual basis.  Please contact LASC at (617) 638-4086 if you have any questions about your applicable rates or affiliation status.

LASC PER DIEMS

Per diems will be charged for each day or fraction of a day that a cage or animal is within an LASC managed space.  Per diems will not be pro-rated.  Cage/animal census counting will be based upon LASC policies and standard practices.

Included in Per Diems

• Routine and standard husbandry (Including sterile mouse and rat caging)
• Routine cage changes (per LASC standard practices)
• Routine health care (Diagnostics & Treatment)
• Emergency Care-(Not caused by research protocols)
• Self Injury Care (Suturing, wound care)
• Daily Vet and Vet Tech Rounds
• Routine dental care
• Routine sentinel program (Testing/Bleeding)
• Occupational health monitor or exposures including animal bites and scratches
• Disease outbreak management (Manpower, PPE, diagnostics and lab tests, etc.)
• Euthanasia-related carcass or tissue disposal
• Diagnostic necropsies
• Environmental enrichment
• Colony health management (vendor quality and vendor approvals)
• Training & protocol development
• Animal procurement services
• Routine facility inspections, maintenance and repairs
• Routine billing

Not Included in Per Diems and charged as special services

• Quarantine Assays
• Quarantine management from unapproved vendors
• Special husbandry requests inside or outside of LASC/LACF
• Rederivation procedures
• Research Activities (Injections, Tissue samples, Anesthesia, Surgical Support Post-Op care, and breeding services)
• Special technical services including drugs, supplies or materials requested by PIs
• Special PPE request
  • Unapproved transfers, imports/exports or shipping costs
  • Emergency care or treatments caused by research activities
  • Research related necropsies
  • Shipping and crate fees
  • Import & Export fees
  • Extra cage changes beyond LASC standard practices due to research model or protocol requirements (i.e. PU/PD models or reduced bedding requests)
  • Special equipment/room installation, storage, or removal costs
  • Special housing or room segregation requests
  • Dedicated housing or procedure room requests
  • Special invoicing requests

Effective: September 1, 2011

¹ Please contact LASC for applicability of species type and rates

² BUSM refers to the faculty whose eligible grants are processed through BU School of Medicine, School of Public Health, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine and Boston Medical Center.  Please contact LASC for clarification of rates and grant eligibility.

³ See single cage policy for eligibility requirements

Authorization for Animal Housing and Special Services Costs

1. Download the Animal Authorization for Animal Housing and Special Services Form
2. Contact LASC for rates regarding any species not listed above.
3. Per diem (daily) rate covers standard feed, standard bedding, cage changing and sanitization at the standard interval for the species, routine health monitoring, and veterinary care for naturally-occurring diseases as described in the per diem overview. Other services may be provided on a fee for service basis. One-time set-up, conditioning, or quarantine charges may also apply for animal purchases.
4. Click on Rodent Cage Capacity Policy to find the maximum number of mice and rats that can be housed in each cage.
5. Rate applies only for singly housed rats that meet special scientific criteria. Contact LASC for details.

Instructions for Authorization for Animal Housing and Special Services Costs For

BU and BMC Investigators must continue to use both the LASC animal order form and the BU or BMC purchase requisition when placing animal orders.  All Investigators who house animals at the LASC should immediately submit a signed Authorization for Animal Housing and Special Services Costs Form to the LASC. The form will be used to confirm eligibility for a grant to qualify for the BUSM per diem rate.  Grants not eligible will be billed at the full per diem rate.  We must receive a completed form prior to or at the same time of your first animal purchase.

Authorization forms may be forwarded to the LASC in W-707 by inter-office mail (Attention: Audrey McCain) or faxed to the LASC at (617) 638-4055. When completing this form, please remember that the Principal Investigator and the protocol number MUST match. The User of the animals can be different and the owner of the grant funds used to pay housing costs can be different but the Principal Investigator and the protocol number MUST match.

You may use one form or multiple Authorization Forms to indicate the funding (BMC activity number or BU source number) for your animals. One form is sufficient if all your animals are to be supported by the same source or set of sources. If you want to use different sources for different groups of animals, two or more forms must be submitted. If different sources are used to support subsets of animals within the same animal species, the animals’ cage cards must be marked by the Investigator to indicate which source is to be charged for each cage. LASC will then establish separate census sheets for each funding source to be used. If you wish to explore this option, please either contact a member of the Animal Care management staff for further details or use our general contact form.

This new authorization form offers Investigators more flexibility so that grant funds are not encumbered, source changes are easier to process, and payments can be made by more expeditiously. Please contact LASC Business Office at (617) 638-4087 if you have any questions concerning this process.