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Consideration of Alternatives. **Protocol #7113 includes a procedure that would be considered more than momentarily painful or distressful but the protocol approved by the IACUC did not contain a written narrative description of the methods and sources used to determine that alternatives were not available to that procedure. Per this Section of the Regulations, whenever a proposal for animal use contains procedures that may cause more than momentary pain or distress to the animals, the investigator is required to consider alternatives to those procedures and provide a written narrative description of the methods and sources used to determine that alternatives were not available. This requirement is important to ensure that all procedures minimize the degree of pain and distress to the animals. The IACUC needs to address this deficiency that was identified for this protocol. Correct by 7/1/17.