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About

Vivarium Services

Overview of Services

This core provides support for:

Animal Care

  • Animal housing and husbandry
  • Veterinary care and health surveillance
  • Regulatory compliance and oversight
  • Facility management
  • Training
  • Specialized support services - colony management and technical support

Equipment

  • Perkin Elmer In Vivo Imaging System (IVIS) - fluorescent and bioluminescent imaging of in vivo animal models
  • Noldus CatwalkXT - gait analysis for disorders or lameness detection
  • Biosafety cabinet (ducted and non-ducted), fume hood, snorkels and back drafts for personnel protection
  • Portable anesthetic machines (Somnoflo) as well as VASS units
  • Biorepository (-20 and -80C freezer, incubator, centrifuge)
  • Bioseb grip strength test
  • Treadmill
  • Rotarod

Links and Resources

  1. Boise State Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) 
  2. Animal Occupational Health and Safety Program (OHSP)
  3. Animal Facility Resources (SOPs and Facility Handbook)

FY25 Rates:

Description

Unit

Daily Rate

FY24 Rate

Mice, IVC

Cage

$1.10

$1.05

Mice, Static

Cage

$1.27

$1.21

Rats, IVC

Cage

$1.40

$1.29

Rats, Static

Cage

$1.63

$1.50

Additional cage change – Mice

(frequency greater than standard 14 days)

Cage change

$0.80

$0.71

Additional cage change – Rats/Hamsters

(frequency greater than standard 14 days)

Cage change

$1.04

$0.95

Zebrafish

Small Tank

$0.45

$0.43

Zebrafish

Large Tank

$0.90

$0.86

Student Labor

(beyond labor already included in above rates)

Hour

$17.68

$17.16

Coordinator Labor

(beyond labor already included in above rates)

Hour

$38.61

$37.15

Veterinarian Labor

(beyond labor already included in above rates)

Hour

$89.47

$76.90

Consumables

(beyond what’s already included in above rates)

Item

At Cost

At Cost

IVIS

Hour

$35.90

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Biorepository

Hour

$3.39

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Contacts

Name Role Phone Email Location
Katie Johnson, DVM
Veterinarian
 

 
animalcare@boisestate.edu