f6098d8b__and_Use_of_Laboratory_Animals__Comments
[ID] 93 [Entry Date] 04/15/2011 at 12:52:47 PM [Affiliation] Self [Comments] 
Comment 2: I do not think that the benefits to the animals sufficiently justify the enormous increases in cost and effort required. Specifically the requirement individually house all female mice with litters will require immediate removal of cohabiting females or the male partner upon any birth and will thereby necessitate a large increase in cage number. And is this separation really preferable for - mice which as we know- are social animals? Lastly I think that any policy which requires a large increase in expenditures on animal care must be announced a year before implementation so that at least SOME grants can build this in (not most, but some).
Listing of Public Comments on Proposed Adoption and Implementation of the Eighth Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals