f6098d8b__and_Use_of_Laboratory_Animals__Comments
[ID] 263 [Entry Date] 04/20/2011 at 01:02:52 PM [Affiliation] Self [Comments] 
Comment 1: As a board-certified laboratory animal veterinarian with 30 years of experience, and as an AAALAC Council member Emeritus, I strongly endorse adoption of the eighth edition of the Guide. The new edition provides valuable new information, including material on aquatic species, and forms a framework for eventual harmonization of animal care practices world-wide. In my view, this new edition is five years overdue. Failure to adopt it would mean that facilities that care for and use research animals would remain without a useful guiding document for the foreseeable future. Comment 2: As an ACLAM diplomate and former member of the AAALAC International Council on Accreditation, I support the proposed implementation time frame of approximately one year. There are no new elements of the Guide that could not be addressed by institutions within that period.
Listing of Public Comments on Proposed Adoption and Implementation of the Eighth Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals