f6098d8b__and_Use_of_Laboratory_Animals__Comments
[ID] 229 [Entry Date] 04/20/2011 at 09:33:49 AM [Affiliation] Self [Comments] 
Comment 1: 1)there is no evidence that using pharmaceutical grade drugs would improve animal welfare or science; 2) commercial pharmaceutical grade formulations make careful pharmacological research difficult as these are single concentration formulations, which makes manipulating dose and vehicle comparisons difficult while at the same time maintaining pharmaceutical grade standard 3) The regulation is burdensome without benefit to animal welfare or science.
Listing of Public Comments on Proposed Adoption and Implementation of the Eighth Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals