f6098d8b__and_Use_of_Laboratory_Animals__Comments
[ID] 246 [Entry Date] 04/20/2011 at 11:27:29 AM [Affiliation] Self [Comments] 
Comment 1: I strongly advocate NOT adopting the 8th edition. It creates mischief that will actually HARM the care and use of laboratory animals. The new guide is not an "update" of the 1996 Guide, but is much longer and contains a great deal of new "policy", most of which is ill-founded, illogical, very expensive, and yet has no support from scientific data that would justify such changes. Moreover, the 2011 Guide will dramatically increase paperwork without any benefit to animal subjects or to the underlying research that may impact on human health. This flies in the face of general efforts to reduce bureaucratic overhead. In light of the lack of scientific basis for the new regulations, one wonders about the motivation for them and where scientific and veterinary input was during their creation. Comment 2: No, there needs to be relevant data collected to guide policy decisions. OLAW should require institutional compliance with the new Guide no sooner than 2015.
Listing of Public Comments on Proposed Adoption and Implementation of the Eighth Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals