About the Authors
- Carol Kilkenny
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* E-mail: carol.kilkenny@nc3rs.org.uk
Affiliation The National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research, London, United Kingdom
- Nick Parsons
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Affiliation Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
- Ed Kadyszewski
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Affiliation Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut, United States of America
- Michael F. W. Festing
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Affiliation Animal Procedures Committee, London, United Kingdom
- Innes C. Cuthill
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Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Derek Fry
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Affiliation Animals Scientific Procedures Inspectorate, Home Office, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
- Jane Hutton
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Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
- Douglas G. Altman
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Affiliation Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Dr Michael Festing was a member of the NC3Rs Board from September 2004 to July 2007. Members of the NC3Rs board are not remunerated. In addition Dr Festing would like to declare that he teaches short courses on the design and statistical analysis of animal experiments to scientists who are applicants for Home Office licences, for which he is paid. There are no competing interests for any of the other authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MF JH DGA. Performed the experiments: CK NP EK MF. Analyzed the data: CK NP EK MF IC DF JH DGA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NP. Wrote the paper: CK. Commented on the manuscript: IC DF DGA.