Animal house costs and management

Abstract

In this paper, a sequel to 'Animal House Costs' (Dalton 1989), the author describes aspects of management of a large University animal house, making economies in annual expenditure and improving efficiency. Relative costs of ’in-house’ breeding and purchasing animals are considered and the problems of adapting animal house accomodation to meet changing requirements. Some fundamental concepts of animal accommodation are questioned and how these may relate to making savings on building capital and recurrent costs.