Authorization of Animal Experiments Is Based on Confidence Rather than Evidence of Scientific Rigor

• Lucile Vogt ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lucile Vogt, Thomas S. Reichlin

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Animal Welfare, Veterinary Public Health Institute, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Thomas S. Reichlin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lucile Vogt, Thomas S. Reichlin

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Animal Welfare, Veterinary Public Health Institute, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Christina Nathues,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of VPH-Epidemiology, Veterinary Public Health Institute, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Liebefeld, Switzerland

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• Hanno Würbel

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hanno.wuerbel@vetsuisse.unibe.ch

  Affiliation Division of Animal Welfare, Veterinary Public Health Institute, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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