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Science 24 November 2000:
Vol. 290. no. 5496, pp. 1474 - 1475
DOI: 10.1126/science.290.5496.1474
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LABORATORY ANIMALS:
Researchers Pained by Effort to Define Distress Precisely

Constance Holden

The U.S. Department of Agriculture requested comments earlier this year to help it decide whether to adopt a formal definition of "distress" as part of its responsibilities under the Animal Welfare Act. But the 2600 pieces of advice it received during a 4-month period that ended earlier this month suggest that its job won't be easy. The comments highlight a deep split between animal activists, who see the potential new regulations as a step toward eliminating all painful procedures, and most researchers, who say that the present system is working well and that no major changes are needed.

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