f6098d8b__and_Use_of_Laboratory_Animals__Comments
[ID] 410 [Entry Date] 04/22/2011 at 10:18:51 AM [Affiliation] Self [Comments] 
Comment 1: I am opposed to adopting this. This new edition of the Guide includes a large number of new regulations which will impede laboratory research. Very little empirical evidence has been provided that show any sort of cost benefit analysis supporting these new policies. I would expect NIH to base their decisions on a careful consideration of the costs to grantees and their institutions as well as the possible benefits to animal welfare. Comment 2: Providing less than one year to implement this is unrealistic and does not allow enough time to evaluate its financial impact.
Listing of Public Comments on Proposed Adoption and Implementation of the Eighth Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals