Necessary innovation for semiannual inspections?

Affiliations

¹ Associate Director - IACUC/IBC/PAM, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. laurendanridge@princeton.edu.
² Animal Care & Use Office, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
³ Director of Animal Research Compliance & Research Policy Advisor, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
⁴ Office of Animal Welfare and Compliance, Laboratory Animal Research Center of Excellence, Becton Dickinson, Durham, NC, USA.
⁵ Senior Veterinary Medical Officer - Research, Animal Care National Policy Staff, APHIS, USDA, Riverdale, MD, USA.
⁶ Acting Director, Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, OER, OD, NIH, HHS, Bethesda, MD, USA.

Lauren Danridge et al. Lab Anim (NY). 2025 Oct.

. 2025 Oct;54(10):247-249.

doi: 10.1038/s41684-025-01616-2.

¹ Associate Director - IACUC/IBC/PAM, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. laurendanridge@princeton.edu.
² Animal Care & Use Office, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
³ Director of Animal Research Compliance & Research Policy Advisor, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
⁴ Office of Animal Welfare and Compliance, Laboratory Animal Research Center of Excellence, Becton Dickinson, Durham, NC, USA.
⁵ Senior Veterinary Medical Officer - Research, Animal Care National Policy Staff, APHIS, USDA, Riverdale, MD, USA.
⁶ Acting Director, Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, OER, OD, NIH, HHS, Bethesda, MD, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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