f6098d8b__and_Use_of_Laboratory_Animals__Comments
[ID] 532 [Entry Date] 04/28/2011 at 08:49:33 PM [Affiliation] Self [Comments] 
Comment 1: I am very much against the expanded space requirements for a mouse breeding trio plus progeny. THis added requirement will force us to remove one of the two males which will significantly prolong the period between new births and render the cost of breeding our mice much higher. I also do not approve of the prohibition on including space occupied by nesting material in the total space requirements for mice. This may be OK for pigs and dogs, but mice need the nesting material to keep warm and seclude themselves.
Listing of Public Comments on Proposed Adoption and Implementation of the Eighth Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals