Instutional Animal Care & Use Committee Cage Rate Comparison Chart

Institution	Mice, Per Diem
Clemson	$1.66
Cornell	$1.14
St. Louis Univ.	$1.05
Univ. of Minnesota	$ .98
Yale	$ .95
Northwestern	$ .90
Univ. of Georgia	$ .89
Duke	$ .80
Rice Univ.	$ .80*
Univ. of Alabama	$ .78
Boston University	$ .75*
NYU	$ .73
Emory	$ .71
Rutgers	$ .71
NC State	$ .69
Dartmouth	$ .62
USM	$ .50
Univ. of Iowa	$ .50
UC Berkeley	$ .42*
UVM	$ .34/$ .95**
Virginia Tech	$ .31/$ .86**
Utah State Univ.	$ .22*
AVERAGE	$ .75

*These rates are based on non-barrier housed animals, i.e.- non-microisolator and/or non-sterile.

**Virginia Tech & UVM charge per diem rates based on multi-housed or singly housed animals. The first number reflects the rate for the group housed animals and the second is the singly housed rate.

Institution	Rats, Per Diem
Duke	$1.96
Yale	$1.96
Boston University	$1.94*
NC State	$1.88
St. Louis Univ.	$1.82
Univ. of Alabama	$1.60
Northwestern	$1.45
NYU	$ .93
Emory	$ .93
Cornell	$ .83
UVM	$ .81/$1.62**
USM	$ .80
Univ. of Iowa	$ .77
Rice Univ.	$ .75
Univ. of Minnesota	$ .65*
Dartmouth	$ .63
UC Berkeley	$ .63*
Rutgers	$ .56
Clemson	$ .54*
Univ. of Georgia	$ .49/$ .54**
Virginia Tech	$ .41/$ .66**
Utah State Univ.	$ .29*
AVERAGE	$1.03

*These rates are based on non-barrier housed animals, i.e.- non-microisolator and/or non-sterile.

**Virginia Tech, UVM, & University of Georgia charge per diem rates based on multi-housed or singly housed animals. The first number reflects the rate for the group housed animals and the second is the singly housed rate.

University of Southern Maine