f6098d8b__and_Use_of_Laboratory_Animals__Comments
[ID] 87 [Entry Date] 04/15/2011 at 10:50:23 AM [Affiliation] Self [Comments] 
Comment 1: I am writing to express my opposition to the proposed changes in rodent housing standards outlined in the 8th edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. The new standards will impose an undue hardship on investigators whose research budgets will be reduced by a steep increase in per diem charges. I would urge the National Research Council to commission a scientific study to establish the benefit of these changes on animal welfare before implementing a policy change that will reduce our ability to conduct publically funded science.
Listing of Public Comments on Proposed Adoption and Implementation of the Eighth Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals