About the Authors

Bettina Bert

Contributed equally to this work with: Bettina Bert, Céline Heinl, Justyna Chmielewska

bettina.bert@bfr.bund.de (BB); gilbert.schoenfelder@bfr.bund.de (GS)

Affiliation German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, German Centre for the Protection of Laboratory Animals (Bf3R), Berlin, Germany

Céline Heinl

Contributed equally to this work with: Bettina Bert, Céline Heinl, Justyna Chmielewska

Affiliation German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, German Centre for the Protection of Laboratory Animals (Bf3R), Berlin, Germany

Justyna Chmielewska

Contributed equally to this work with: Bettina Bert, Céline Heinl, Justyna Chmielewska

Affiliation German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, German Centre for the Protection of Laboratory Animals (Bf3R), Berlin, Germany

Franziska Schwarz

Affiliation German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, German Centre for the Protection of Laboratory Animals (Bf3R), Berlin, Germany

Barbara Grune

Affiliation German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, German Centre for the Protection of Laboratory Animals (Bf3R), Berlin, Germany

Andreas Hensel

Affiliation German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, German Centre for the Protection of Laboratory Animals (Bf3R), Berlin, Germany

Matthias Greiner

Affiliations German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Department Exposure, Berlin, Germany, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany

Gilbert Schönfelder

bettina.bert@bfr.bund.de (BB); gilbert.schoenfelder@bfr.bund.de (GS)

Affiliations German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, German Centre for the Protection of Laboratory Animals (Bf3R), Berlin, Germany, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: All authors of this manuscript are employed at the BfR and are working for the Bf3R, except Matthias Greiner who works at the Department Exposure of the BfR. The Animal Study Registry was developed and is hosted by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR). The BfR is a governmental institution within the sphere of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture and performs the role of the German Centre for the Protection of Laboratory Animals (Bf3R) (https://www.bfr.bund.de/en/german_centre_for_the_protection_of_laboratory_animals.html).