HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1751 (2)15. Labor cost per animal: $1.50 (labor cost for processing/ number of animals euthanized per
day)
Supply Cost
16. Cost per CO cylinder: $150
17. Number of cylinders used per year: 6
18. Total cost of CO: $900 (cost per cylinder x number of cylinders)
19. Number of cylinders used per year: 1495 cycles (average number of animals euthanized per
dayfnumber of animals per cycle x number of work days 260)
20. Gas cost per cycle: $0.60 (Total cost of CO! number of cycles per year)
2L Gas cost per animal $0.15 (Gas cost per cycle/ number of animals per cycle)
Total cost
22. Total cost per animal: $1.84 (Equipment cost line 8 + labor cost line 15 + supply cost line 11)
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This model does not factor in the cost of acepromazine injections which are recommended to be given
10 minutes prior to placing in the chamber to reduce vocalization/agitation in dogs. This model also does
not factor in the additional cost of euthanasia by injection for those animals not suited for the gas
chamber (puppies, kittens, geriatric and debilitated/sick animals).
Sodium Pentobarbital Cost Analysis Model
Equipment Cost
I. Equipment cost: $500 (floor safe, table, electric clippers)
2. Usable life: 10 years
3. Annual depreciation: $50 (cost/usable life)
4. Daily depreciation: $0.19 (annual depreciation/working days per year)
5. Average number ofanimals euthanized per day: 23
6. Depreciation cost per animal. $0.008 (daily depreciation/animals euthanized per day)
7. Maintenance costs per animal: $0 (no projected maintenance cost)
8. Total equipment cost per animal: $0.008 (depreciation cost per animal + maintenance cost)
Labor Cost
9. A. Number of employees required to process IV- 2
B. Number of employees required to process IP: 1 (cats, kittens, puppies)
(Note. 1 employee can process an adult dog if pre -euthanasia drugs are used)
10. A. Number of IV injections: 2985 (Estimate 50% of total 5970 animals)
B. Number of IP injection: 2985
IL Average single processing period: 1 minutes (transport to euthanasia room, preparation &
injection, verification of death, removal of carcass and record keeping. **Note: Average time to
process IP injections will be less than 2 minutes.
12. Number of animals per single processing period: 1
13. Total processing time. 46 minutes (Number of animals per day x single processing period)
14. Labor cost per IV injection. $0.80 (Hourly wage $12,160 minutes x number of employees
required to process x number of minutes to process)
15. Labor cost per IP injection: $0.40 (Hourly wage/ 60 minutes x number of employees required to
process x number of minutes to process)
16. Total annual labor for IV processing: $2388.00 (labor cost per dog x number of dog injections)
17. Total annual labor cost for IP processing: $1194.00
I8. Labor cost per animal: $0.60 (Total labor for IV processing + Total labor for IP processing/
Total number of animals euthanized)
Supply Cost
19. Sodium pentobarbital cost per 100 ml bottle: $34.75
20. Cost per ml: $0.3475
21. Average dose per animal: 5 mis (based on 501b dog)
22. Sodium pentobarbital cost per animal: $1.7375 (Cost per bottle120 doses per bottle)
23. Syringe cost per animal. $0.000995 (5 ml syringe cost $9.95 per 100, estimated 100 uses per
syringe)
24. Needle cost per animal: $0.113 ($11.30 per 100, one use (,nly)
25. Cost per animal for pre -euthanasia drug: $3.077 ($30.77 bottle of Telazol providing 10 doses
for an average dog)
26. Number of dogs need pre -euthanasia anesthesia: 119 (2985 x 0.04 estimates that 1 in 25 adult
dogs will require pre -euthanasia anesthesia)
27. Total cost of pre -euthanasia drug: $366.163 (Cost per animal x number of dogs needing drug)
28. Average cost per total animals euthanized per pre -euthanasia drug: $0.0613 (Total cost of pre -
euthanasia drug/total number of animals euthanized)
19. Per use cost of needle/syringe for pre -euthanasia drug: $0.113995 (Cost of syringe + cost of
needle)