f6098d8b__and_Use_of_Laboratory_Animals__Comments
[ID] 44 [Entry Date] 03/17/2011 at 04:26:46 PM [Affiliation] Self [Comments] 
Comment 1: The Guide should be adopted, but requires revision. It should not be adopted or used in earnest until the revision issue has been put to rest. Comment 2: It is certainly possible to put institutions through a semi-annual under the new "Guide" by March 2012, but there is not sufficient time to ensure compliance particularly in the way of rabbit socialized housing, the essential outlawing of trio mouse mating (and its ramifications for more caging and expanded animal facilities), the intensive training of personnel involved in surgery, and the relocation of rodent surgery procedures from laboratories to dedicated procedure space.
Listing of Public Comments on Proposed Adoption and Implementation of the Eighth Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals