f6098d8b__and_Use_of_Laboratory_Animals__Comments
[ID] 478 [Entry Date] 04/24/2011 at 07:13:33 PM [Affiliation] Self [Organization Name] University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences [Organization City and State] Little Rock, AR [Comments] 
Comment 1: With new NIH funding at an all-time low, and existing grants subject to substantial administrative reductions, ANY policy changes that incur new unmet costs must be exhaustively scrutinized, and must meet the HIGHEST STANDARDS of need and justification. A large and quantifiable benefit to animal welfare MUST be shown in order to justify the harm that will inevitably be done to human disease-related research. In the absence of strong scientific justification for such benefit (which is currently lacking), implementation of these proposals should be delayed indefinitely.
Listing of Public Comments on Proposed Adoption and Implementation of the Eighth Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals