Infomación sobre el uso de animales de laboratório indicada en artículos científicos / Information on the use of laboratory animals indicated in scientific articles

A sample of 15 Costa Rican scientific papers published since 1985 reported only 49 percent of the necessary information about laboratory animals and experimental conditions, slightly better than in the rest of Latin America (47 percent sample = 15 papers) but lower than in the USA and Europe (60 percent, sample = 15). Adequate information on laboratory animals use for biomedical research is important to standardize their use