Comparative Medicine Group

 Per Diem Rates

 The Comparative Medicine Group (CMG) is obligated to recover the costs associated with the procurement, care and support of animals used in research or teaching at Kansas State University. Investigators are billed on a monthly basis for those expenses. Bills are distributed to the respective investigators following the month these charges were incurred.  Per Diem rates are calculated using the NIH’s Cost Analysis and Rate Setting Manual for Animal Facilities published in 2000 as a guide for establishing charges.

All charges are per animal except for rodents and frogs, which have a per cage charge.  The number of animals housed per cage must conform to the standards established in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). Animals housed together must be compatible.

Per Diem charges include: daily observation of every animal, one or two feedings per day of a standard ration and standard husbandry and sanitation of cages or pens according to CMG SOPs and applicable guidelines.

A pre–project meeting prior to submitting an ARF90 will be held to discuss any additional ancillary charges that might be incurred for specialized husbandry requirements such as feeding specialized diets, the use of personal protective equipment not required for normal husbandry, breeding colony management, administering or dispensing of medications or compounds, special procedures and other requests not considered part of normal husbandry as well as a minimum room occupancy charge for rooms with low animal or cage numbers.  Rodents will be housed with caging density that allows for only one cage change per week; density or phenotype causing more cage changes will incur additional charges. Per diems will be charged as described below.

CMG technicians are available to assist investigators with their research projects. Ancillary charges for these services will be on an hourly basis. The charge for agricultural technician time is $20.00 per hour and the charge for professional (veterinarian and veterinary technician) time is $35.00 per hour. Additional charges for overtime or holiday pay may be incurred.

The CMG has the ability to transport and deliver animals for investigators. Animal transportation charges will be based on a mileage charge of $0.86 per mile with a minimum transportation charge of $10.00.
The use of controlled substances requires a license from the Drug Enforcement Agency.  All researchers that need to use controlled substances must obtain their own DEA license number.

All orders prepared by CMG on behalf of our Clients will be assessed a $5.00 administrative processing fee per order (this will include Pharmacy orders as well).

Code	Species	Per Diem FY2011
101	Alpacas/Llama, outside, group	2.51
102	Alpacas/Llama, stall, group	4.45
103	Alpacas/Llama, stall, single	6.12
105	Calf, isolation stall	10.02
106	Cattle, <150 lbs, inside	7.23
107	Cattle, 150-400 lbs, inside	8.35
108	Cattle, 400-800 lbs, inside	8.63
109	Cattle, >800 lbs, inside	8.90
110	Cattle, <400 lbs, outside	5.57
111	Cattle, 400-800 lbs, outside	5.85
112	Cattle, >800 lbs, outside	6.12
113	Cattle, pasture, no supplement	3.48
114	Chicken	1.16
115	Dog, cages	6.95
116	Dog, runs	5.79
118	Feline, group housed	3.48
119	Feline, singly housed	4.05
120	Ferret grouped housed	3.48
122	Frogs, cage	.56
124	Gerbil, cage	.87
126	Guinea Pigs per cage	2.00
128	Hamster, cage	.58
129	Hamster, containment cage, MI lid, autoclave out	.92
130	Horse, stall	9.74
131	Horse, nursing, inside	10.31
132	Horse, nursing, outside	8.58
133	Horse, outside paddock	7.53
134	Horse, stallion pen	10.31
135	Horse, weanling	6.97
136	Horse, pasture, no supplement	6.37
140	Mice, small cage	.46
141	Mice, large cage	.87
142	Mice, barrier small cage	.62
143	Mice, barrier large cage	1.04
145	Mice, quarantine/containment small cage	.62
146	Mice, small cage, MI lid	.47
147	Mice, large cage, MI lid	.89
148	Pony, outside	5.57
149	Pony, stall group	6.12
150	Pony, stall single	7.79
154	Rabbit, single	2.51
155	Rabbit, group	2.22
157	Rabbit, with litter	3.71
160	Rat, small wire-bottom	.44
161	Rat, large wire-bottom	1.16
162	Rat, standard cage	.58
163	Rat, breeding cage	.76
164	Rat, barrier cage	.75
165	Rat, quarantine/containment cage, MI lid, autoclave out	.82
166	Rat, standard cage, MI lid	.60
170	Sheep and goats, inside	4.45
171	Sheep and goats, outside	3.34
180	Swine, <50lbs, single	2.68
181	Swine, <50lbs, group	2.43
182	Swine, 50-100 lbs, group	2.61
183	Swine, 50-100 lbs, single	3.47
184	Swine, >100lbs	6.12
185	Swine, sow crate	8.35
186	Boar	7.79