Shipping information
We recommend and can arrange ground transportation in dedicated, climate-controlled vehicles for most locations in the U.S. and Canada. We can arrange air transport to Mexico. If ground transportation is not available to your location, we can arrange for air shipment. We ship all mice in protective, filtered containers. For additional information concerning transportation to your institution, contact Customer Service at 1-800-422-6423 (US, Canada & Puerto Rico) or 1-207-288-5845 (from any location).
International shipments: we ship all mice in protective, filtered containers. For additional information concerning transportation to your institution, contact Customer Service at 1-207-288-5845.
Shipping and container charges
Shipping charges are based on the number of shipping containers. Shipping charges are prepaid and itemized on invoices. Order confirmations indicate an estimated number of shipping containers to be used to ship orders. The actual number of shipping containers used for shipment may exceed the original estimates. For example more boxes are required if mice for an order originate from different rooms or if they are required to be housed at lower density for welfare reasons.
Dedicated ground transportation throughout U.S. and Canada
JAX® Mice are shipped via our dedicated ground transportation network to over 99% of the U.S. and most of Canada. Specially constructed trucks engineered with environmental control systems which facilitate sanitation and air flow to ensure a low-stress, clean, comfortable and safe ride. The environmental control systems alert drivers and JAX personnel to deviations, incorporate multiple backup features, and carry maintenance support guarantees for all points en route. Highly skilled drivers understand the needs of JAX® Mice and of our customers.
For shipment we take special care to provide JAX® Mice with an environment that is familiar to them, thus alleviating stress. Mice are packed within the isolators and barrier facilities in which they are raised. They are shipped in our state-of-the-art autoclaved and sterilized shipping containers supplied with fresh bedding, gelatinized water packets, and the same feed that the mice are fed during production. Mice shipped by this method arrive clean and in excellent health after journeys of up to 10 days.
Mice shipped via our ground transportation service arrive at their destinations up to six times less likely to develop stress-related health problems than those shipped via the less controlled conditions of most economical overnight air delivery services. If we do not currently deliver to your facility, we can modify our routes for large or recurring orders. Alternately, we can arrange closely controlled air shipments with environmental conditions similar to those in our ground transportation service.
For additional information concerning transportation to your institution, contact Customer Service at 1-800-422-6423 (US, Canada & Puerto Rico) or 1-207-288-5845 (from any location) or orderquest@jax.org.
