A call to implement preclinical study registration in animal ethics review

• Matthew S. Jeffers,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

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• Aileen MacLellan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada

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• Marc T. Avey,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Canadian Council on Animal Care, Ottawa, Canada

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• Julia ML Menon,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Preclinicaltrials.eu, Netherlands Heart Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Janet Sunohara-Neilson,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal Care and Veterinary Services, Western University, London, Canada

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• Dean A. Fergusson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

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• Manoj M. Lalu

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mlalu@toh.ca

  Affiliations Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0322-382X

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