If you wish to ship or receive animals, our animal shipping coordinators are here to help you. We have shipping coordinators specific to the New Brunswick/Piscataway and the Newark facilities.

For researchers located in New Brunswick/Piscataway, please contact: animal-shipping-nb@research.rutgers.edu

For researchers located in Newark, please contact: animal-shipping-newark@research.rutgers.edu

Please review the Animal Shipping page for more details on the process.

If you wish to import animals to your lab from an external institution, please email your animal shipping coordinator with your request. We will provide you an import form (Net-ID protected) to complete and return to us. Please ensure that all fields are completed. Once we have this form, we will contact the external institution to request the appropriate health documentation. Your request will be reviewed by a veterinarian and we will notify you of the approval status. Researchers are not permitted to coordinate transfers independently. Please review the Animal Shipping page for more details on the process.

If you wish to export animals from your lab to an external institution, please email your campus-specific animal shipping coordinator with your request. We will provide you an export form (Net-ID protected) to complete and return to us. Once we have this form, we will contact the external institution to provide the appropriate health documentation for your animals. Once the receiving institution has approved the request, we will coordinate a shipment date to transport your animals. Researchers are not permitted to coordinate transfers independently. Please review the Animal Shipping page for more details on the process.

To request internal transfer of animals within Rutgers use ACFC to facilitate the request. Paper forms are no longer accepted. Step-by-Step instructions for transfers between protocols or within same protocols are listed below:

Internal transfer between Rutgers IACUC protocols

Internal transfer within same IACUC protocol, different Rutgers location

Please review the Animal Shipping page for more details on the process.

Rutgers has animal facility suitable for BSL3, zebrafish, gnotobiotic studies for multiple animal species including farm animals.

Rutgers offers one one-stop-shop services. These include core facilities for animal imaging, histopathology, Genome Editing, gnotobiotic and molecular analysis services.

Rutgers follow the highest standards of animal care and use. Rutgers is an AAALACi accredited institution, has OLAW Assurance and is USDA registered.

No. IVRS conducts research based on fee-for-service. All right, title to the results, data or materials generated shall be the property of the client.

The animal research will be done by IVRS highly experience and qualified technical staff and veterinarians.

A per diem is a per-day charge assessed to recover a portion of the money spent on care, procurement, and support of animals used in research. Per diem rates are established by the University and routinely reevaluated to determine proper cost recovery. Per diems will be charged for each day that a cage or animal is within Rutgers University Animal Caremanaged space. Routine cage/animal census counting will be based upon Rutgers University Animal Care’s policies and standard practices. Please visit the Animal Care Finance section for Per Diem rates.

An Animal Care Day is a single day that the cage or individual animal has been under the care of Rutgers University Animal Care. Please refer to the per diem rate schedule for the most up-to-date rate and to determine the unit of measure for the species of interest.

Per diem charges are computed on a monthly basis and consist of adding the total number of animal care days and multiplying that by the respective rate. For instance, if there are 10 cages of animals over a 30-day period, in which the per diem rate is $1/cage, the total per diem charge will be calculated as: 10 ages * 30 days * $1 per cage = $300 total per diem charge.

To place an order with an approved vendor, please visit Animal Orders.

The Rutgers University Comparative Medicine Resources (CMR) and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) have a required education program that must be completed by all personnel who work with animals in either research, testing, or teaching (faculty, staff, students, volunteers, and contract personnel). Before access is granted to animal facilities, all new animal users are required to completed training requirements. Please visit Training and Development for further details.

Cages are available in the following three ways:

1. Supplies are available on a cart/rack in room.
2. Request is filled out and submitted to the facility supervisor (done when you need a large or specific amount).
3. Caging is centrally located outside or near cage wash area in most facilities.