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ABC & EBC Service Rates for FY26
Rates are subject to change prior to RFS Approval
Service UK Investigators
Echo MRI Usage $5/mouse
Echo MRI Usage $7/rat
Sable Calorimetry $45/day
Sable Running Wheel $10/mouse
Sable Telemetry $60/mouse
Training $40/hr
Assisted Behavior Lab $82/hr
Unassisted Behavior Lab $40/hr
Ethnovision Workstation $10/unit
Noldus Behavioral Phenotyping $55/unit
Mouse / Rat Room Use Only, Unassisted $18/hr

NOTE: There is a minimum 4hr reservation for Water Maze testing.

ABC & EBC fees do not include animal purchases, genotyping, breeding, or per diems while in the Core facilities.

If you or someone in your laboratory would like to be trained to perform your own behavioral tests, we will be happy to schedule a training session. Training sessions begin at $69.00/hour.

An initial hour with the director for discussion of experimental design and price and basic data interpretation (provided to the investigator when the data are sent) is free. A consulting rate of $69.00/hour is charged for any further assistance if any is necessary.

*The University of Kentucky ABC & EBC is happy to provide contract-research (CRO-like) services for external clients. The UK ABC & EBC follows full Good Research Practice (GRP) quality standards. Individualized study reports are provided at the conclusion of each study.
Please contact robert.kline@uky.edu for further questions.