title: Animal reuse: balancing scientific integrity and animal welfare.
abstract: Research scientists and IACUC members are faced with the difficult task of balancing the necessity of using animals for experimental research and their mandate to protect the welfare of those animals used in that research. One way to reduce the number of research animals would be to reuse them, but the regulations do not specifically address this topic. To learn more about the reuse of research animals, the authors conducted an online survey of animal facilities involved in preclinical studies. Their results suggest that animal reuse is a common practice in the field.
authors.affiliation: MPI Research, 54943 North Main St., Mattawan, MI 49071, USA. rose.kovalcsik@mpiresearch.com
authors.forename: Rose
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kovalcsik
authors.forename: Travis
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Devlin
authors.forename: Sheryl
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Loux
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martinek
authors.forename: Jonelle
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pickering
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tapp
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Serota
mesh_terms: D032761:Animal Experimentation / Q000941:ethics*; D000827:Animal Welfare; D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires