f6098d8b__and_Use_of_Laboratory_Animals__Comments
[ID] 510 [Entry Date] 04/26/2011 at 11:11:40 AM [Affiliation] Self [Comments] 
Comment 1: I vote against adopting the new guide as policy, and would rather maintain adherence to the 1996 guide. Many of the new proposed guidelines, in my opinion, will increase the expense of already costly research, add to the paperwork burden placed on researchers, and restrict scientific creativity by giving more authority to local IACUCs on already peer-reviewed research. I am dissatisfied with the recommendations that are not empirically based such as cage sizes, food and liquid restrictions. Comment 2: I would recommend at least four years, given the expense of a variety of cage size and housing requirements at a time of great financial difficult for research institutions.
Listing of Public Comments on Proposed Adoption and Implementation of the Eighth Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals