f6098d8b__and_Use_of_Laboratory_Animals__Comments
[ID] 434 [Entry Date] 04/22/2011 at 02:52:19 PM [Affiliation] Self [Comments] 
Comment 1: The NIH should NOT adopt this "revised" (8th edition) report. It contains many changes that will impede scientific inquiry and progress as well as increase costs in conducting research. Most importantly, there is no evidence provided that many of the indicates changes (e.g., cage size) will, in fact, have any effect on animal welfare per se. Comment 2: It seems premature to require institutional IACUC semiannual evaluations to be based on this 8th edition at this 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