The role of a clinical veterinarian in a safety assessment testing facility.
A clinical veterinarian working in a safety assessment testing facility must balance animal welfare concerns with the attainment of sound, reproducible data necessary for regulatory studies. Drawing on her experience as a clinical veterinarian with specialty training in the field of toxicology, and past experience as a Study Director on safety assessment studies, the author describes practices that facilitate the veterinarian's role to ensure animal welfare on safety assessment studies.
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Department of Laboratory Animal Science at GlaxoSmithKline, 709 Swedeland Rd., King of Prussia, PA 19406, USA. denise.f.holliday@gsk.com
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