f6098d8b__and_Use_of_Laboratory_Animals__Comments
[ID] 349 [Entry Date] 04/21/2011 at 02:41:32 PM [Affiliation] Self [Comments] 
Comment 1: I recommend that you DO NOT ADOPT as policy the eighth edition of the new Guide, that you continue to maintain adherence to the 1996 Guide as policy. Many state budgets - as here in Texas - have huge deficits that are resulting in major cuts to education. The new Guide would suffice to be the deathknell to many of our research programs. Furthermore, many of the recommended policies in the eighth Guide are not empirically supported. That these are mandated without having been exposed to scientific rigor is curious indeed. Comment 2: Should the eighth Guide be adopted, please postpone the implementation until 2015. Perhaps that would give us time to more thoroughly investigate your proposals. Indeed, it would give the scientific community a bigger window in which to prepare for the mandated changes. Thank you for this opportunity to comment.
Listing of Public Comments on Proposed Adoption and Implementation of the Eighth Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals