title: Response to protocol review scenario: hands off.
authors.affiliation: Birke is Clinical Veterinarian and Gonzalez is Director of the Division of Animal Care, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Birke
authors.forename: Reynaldo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
mesh_terms: D035661:Animal Care Committees / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D000827:Animal Welfare / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D000818:Animals; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017041:Ethics Committees / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006077:Government Agencies / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009935:Organizational Affiliation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010146:Pain / Q000517:prevention & control; D051381:Rats; D014481:United States; D014730:Veterinary Medicine