Animals, Livestock and Research

All personnel who are involved in the use of animals for either teaching or research at Virginia Tech have a responsibility for appropriate animal care and use. Further, each individual is accountable, by law, to conform to the basic regulation and policies governing animal use at this university.

Livestock Procedures

Livestock (domestic farm animals such as horses, sheep, pigs, chickens, cows, bulls, goats, etc.) purchases may be paid using the Non-PO Payment Request Form in HokieMart.

Invoices for livestock should be submitted on the Non-PO Payment Request Form using pay category A7 – Livestock.

If a supplier requires a purchase order for this transaction, then the non-catalog form should be used to generate a requisition, rather than using the Non-PO Payment Request Form.

Research Procedures

Any purchase of live research animals must be coordinated with the Animal Resources and Care Division.

Refer to the Virginia Tech contract search site and key word search live animals to view a list of current contract suppliers.

For more information, contact Procurement, 540-231-6221, or the HokieMart help desk.  

Last updated 1.22.26