f6098d8b__and_Use_of_Laboratory_Animals__Comments
[ID] 473 [Entry Date] 04/24/2011 at 03:32:43 PM [Affiliation] Self [Comments] 
Comment 1: I could not identify the scientific justification for some of the requirements specified in the new guidelines (e.g., cage sizes, food restriction regimens, etc.). In the absence of a clear rationale for these changes, I recommend that we NOT adopt the guidelines as currently proposed. Comment 2: Given the broad-based nature of the changes being proposed, their associated expense AND the lack of scientific justification, I recommend that we postpone the date by which these guidlines will go into effect. If nothing else, we should try to empirically identify the best practices related to some of the contentious issues in the guidelines and that will take some time.
Listing of Public Comments on Proposed Adoption and Implementation of the Eighth Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals