General Guidelines for Animal Ordering

In general, we will process complete animal orders within one business day of receipt in our office. Therefore, if you submit your order on noon Thursday, it will be processed by noon on Friday. Keep in mind, they must be complete, with the facility manager’s signature, appropriate business office approval, and PI (or their representative) signature. There is always the chance that, at any one of the above points, there may be a time delay, so it is suggested to get your orders started as early as possible so that a delay at any signature point will not cause a delay in your order.

For these commonly used vendors, here is the ordering schedule:

  1. Harlan Sprague Dawley : Order must be in the system by noon on Friday for a Tuesday delivery – therefore, we must have your order by 3pm on Thursday.
  1. Hilltop Lab Animals : Orders must be in the system by noon on Wednesday for a next day (Thursday) delivery, – therefore we must have your order by 3pm on Tuesday.
  1. Charles River : Orders must be in the system by 5pm on Friday for a Tuesday delivery. Therefore, we must have your order by 3pm on Thursday.
  1. NCI : Orders must be in the system by 1pm on Wednesday for Tuesday delivery (6 days), therefore, we must have your order by 2pm on Tuesday.
  1. Taconic : Orders must be in the system by 7pm on Friday for Tuesday delivery. Therefore, we must have your order by 3pm on Thursday.
  1. Jackson Labs : Orders must be in the system by 5:30 on Wednesday for delivery on Tuesday (6 days), therefore, we must have your order by 2pm on Tuesday. We must have the strain number included on the order.

Note for hot weather: Keep in mind that heat embargos are in effect for some vendors and species when temperatures are above 85 degrees. We cannot prevent any order delays for weather related reasons.

Call Lori Bugher at PACUC with any questions.

494-7259 fax 496-2415

Updated 2/5/10