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Response to Protocol Review Scenario: A dog is a dog

Lab Animal volume 37, pages 490–491 (2008)Cite this article

This case raises two important issues: the IACUC's role in assessing justification of pain and distress, and the differences between research using companion animals and research using laboratory animals.

The first issue is familiar to readers of this column. Even ultrasound-guided percutaneous biopsy carries risks such as hemorrhage, pain and anesthesia and should not be undertaken lightly, especially in debilitated patients. This is true whether the subject is a laboratory dog or a household pet.

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  1. Public Health Service. Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC, 1986; amended 2002)

  2. Animal Welfare Act and Animal Welfare Regulations. 9 CFR.

  3. Food and Drug Administration. CVM Guidelines and Guidance (US Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center of Veterinary Medicine; Washington, DC; 2001). http://www.biotechnicalservices.com/downloads/CVM_85_Guidelines.pdf

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  1. Carbone is Senior Clinical Veterinarian at University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.,

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Carbone, L. Response to Protocol Review Scenario: A dog is a dog. Lab Anim 37, 490–491 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/laban1108-490b

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