The Controlled Water Access Paradigm

The following contribution, The Controlled Water Access Paradigm, was submitted in response to Prolonged Water Deprivation: A Case Study (ILAR News 33[3]:48-52, 1991), by F. Barbara Orlans. It is followed by a rejoinder from Dr. Orlans. In considering Prolonged Water Deprivation: A Case Study for publication, the ILAR News Editorial Panel understood the term "case study" used by Dr. Orlans to mean an account of a single institutional animal care and use committee's (IACUC's) deliberations concerning a single protocol. However, as Dr. Orlans acknowledges in her rejoinder, "certain additions were made (thus making it a 'composite')". It is ILAR's editorial policy to use the term "case study" only when referring to a true record of circumstances surrounding a single event. ILAR News strives to stimulate discussion within IACUCs by providing material from a variety of sources. Contributions such as these are not intended to be used as policy or precedent. The opinions expressed in author-attributed articles in ILAR News do not necessarily reflect those of ILAR or the National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences.