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Services included in per diem rates
- Routine and standard husbandry (Including sterile mouse and rat caging)
- Routine cage changes (per ASC 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 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 (Biohazard materials and regular garbage)
- Environmental enrichment
- Colony health management (vendor quality and vendor approvals)
- Training & protocol development
- Animal procurement services
- Routine facility inspections, maintenance and repairs
- Routine billing
Services not included in per diem rates
- Quarantine Assays
- Quarantine management from unapproved vendors
- Special husbandry requests inside or outside of ASC
- 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 to necropsies
- Shipping and crater fees
- Import & Export fees
- Extra cage changes beyond ASC 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 invoice requests
- Transport between UPR Campuses or other Institutions