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A Word from OLAW

In response to the issues posed in this scenario, the National Institutes of Health - Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (NIH-OLAW) provides the following clarification:

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  1. Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, National Institutes of Health. Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. (US Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, 2015). https://olaw.nih.gov/policies-laws/phs-policy.htm

  2. Institute for Laboratory Animal Research. Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. 8th edition, p 50, (National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., USA, 2011).

  3. National Institutes of Health. Guidance on Prompt Reporting to OLAW under the PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. Notice NOT-OD-05-034 [online]. (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 24 February 2005). https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-05-034.html

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Correspondence to Patricia Brown VMD, MS, DACLAM.

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Brown, P. A Word from OLAW. Lab Anim 49, 270 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41684-020-0642-x

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