Animal Procurement

For deadlines and delivery dates, please see below.

All warm-blooded vertebrate animals to be used for teaching, research, testing, 
or experimentation at ETSU must be purchased or otherwise obtained through the DLAR.

Animal procurement should be discussed with the Director or the Assistant Director of the DLAR. They will be able to assist in the selection of the most appropriate animal model, acquaint you with services available at ETSU, apprise you of sources, availability, and costs, and help avoid untimely delays of animal orders due to lack of necessary information.

Before any animal(s) can be used, the investigator must have an approved Animal Study Protocol. 

Animals will not be ordered, purchased, imported or otherwise acquired without an approved protocol!

Availability of animals is dependent upon vendor stock. Certain orders, such as some strains of transgenic mice, may be backordered for several weeks or even months.  

Orders for large animals should be placed a minimum of 2 weeks in advance of the preferred delivery date.  

The designated account will be charged the current purchase price per animal, freight, carton charge and any handling charges, plus a DLAR surcharge which is calculated at 17% of the cost of the animals (the surcharge is calculated based on the price of the animals only, and the maximum surcharge per order is $125). Email hoard@etsu.edu for additional information on animal prices or shipping /freight charges.

To obtain animals from an outside institution or an unapproved vendor, please email hoard@etsu.edu .