Vivarium Services

Overview of Services

This core provides support for:

Animal Care

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
Tecniplast climate-controlled DVC caging system (in progress) - 24/7 movement tracking with heat, humidity and light control for 18 cages.
Zoetis HM5 (in progress) - CBC differential on 0.1ml EDTA whole blood
Zoetis VS2 (in progress) - Chemistry on 0.1ml serum
iSTAT Alinity (in progress) - Point-of-care bloodwork tests including blood gas, lactate and ionized calcium on 0.1ml whole blood

Description	Unit	Daily Rate	FY25 Rate
Mice, IVC	Cage	$1.15	$1.10
Mice, Static	Cage	$1.31	$1.27
Rats, IVC	Cage	$1.79	$1.40
Rats, Static	Cage	$1.91	$1.63
Additional cage change – Mice (frequency greater than standard 14 days)	Cage change	$0.74	$0.80
Additional cage change – Rats/Hamsters (frequency greater than standard 14 days)	Cage change	$0.98	$1.04
Zebrafish	Small Tank	$0.47	$0.45
Zebrafish	Large Tank	$0.95	$0.90
Student Labor (beyond labor already included in above rates)	Hour	$15.60	$17.68
Coordinator Labor (beyond labor already included in above rates)	Hour	$42.21	$38.61
Veterinarian Labor (beyond labor already included in above rates)	Hour	$93.95	$89.47
Consumables (beyond what’s already included in above rates)	Item	At Cost	At Cost
IVIS	Hour	$37.55	---
Bioquel Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide	Per Instance	$144.10	---

**Please note that at this time, due to space constraints, we are only accepting specific pathogen free animals into our facility.**

Name	Role	Phone	Email	Location
Katie Johnson, DVM	Veterinarian		animalcare@boisestate.edu