f6098d8b__and_Use_of_Laboratory_Animals__Comments
[ID] 83 [Entry Date] 04/15/2011 at 09:16:14 AM [Affiliation] Self [Comments] 
Comment 1: I am opposed to NIH adopting the eighth edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (Guide) as a basis for evaluation of institutional programs receiving or proposing to receive Public Health Service support for activities involving animals. The new rules on rodent housing were apparently largely derived from European housing standards and it is highly controversial if the adoption of these standards will increase animal health and wellbeing. They represent an unnecessary financial burden on everyone who uses or cares for rodents in research. In the current funding environment, available money should be spent on advancing research, not buying new cages for a perceived (but scientifically unproven) increase in animal wellbeing.
Listing of Public Comments on Proposed Adoption and Implementation of the Eighth Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals