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Animal Resources Services, Forms, and Fees

Animal Resources provides a range of services for Virginia Tech researchers, including:

  • Animal ordering
  • Animal receiving
  • Shipping and importation
  • Daily animal husbandry care
  • Technical assistance
  • Training

Ordering Process

  1. Complete an Animal Purchase Request Form using the approved vendor list below.
  2. E-mail completed form to ARCDvets@vt.edu.
  3. You will receive order confirmation within two business days. Ensure all order details are correct; notify LARanimals@vt.edu of any changes that need to be made.

Approved Vendors

Rodent Quarantine Estimate

Cost TitleMice Cost
Rats Cost
Entry Testing$75.27$75.27
Shipping Costs$100.00$100.00
Exit Testing$127.79$127.79
Sentinel Rodents Cost$60.00$97.00
Total Estimate*$363.06$400.06

*not including normal per diem charges or animal shipping charges

Per Diem Rates

(Effective Jan. 1, 2024)

DescriptionPer DiemActivity Code
Technical Activities$37.67LARTEC
CVMTEC
Veterinary Activities$79.28LARVET
Transportation (charged by the mile plus the hourly tech rate)$0.20LARTRA

Additional Service Fees

  • Transportation fee 
  • Technician time plus mileage
  • Rodent overcrowded cage separation fee 
  • 1 hour technician time plus per diem for each cage starting on 3rd incident