f6098d8b__and_Use_of_Laboratory_Animals__Comments
[ID] 520 [Entry Date] 04/26/2011 at 03:50:00 PM [Affiliation] Self [Comments] 
Comment 1: The newly added Guide requirement to use pharmaceutical grade drugs in research involving rodents is neither necessary nor practical, in part, because the definition of "pharmaceutical grade" is not provided. Further and more importantly, appropriate measures (e.g., the use of sterile saline or other vehicles, filtering drug solutions where appropriate, etc.) are already utilized routinely by laboratories, and I am not aware of any data demonstrating that such procedures lead to negative consequences. For this and many other reasons (e.g., including the new requirements for cage sizes), I recommend NOT approving the proposed update of the Guide. Comment 2: This procedure would provide an unnecessary burden on the researchers and institutions. This, I recommend NOT approving this implementation plan.
Listing of Public Comments on Proposed Adoption and Implementation of the Eighth Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals