Table 2. ARRIVE Recommended Set.
Recommended Set | |||
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Abstract | 11 | ||
Background | 12 | (a) | Include sufficient scientific background to understand the rationale and context for the study, and explain the experimental approach. |
(b) | Explain how the animal species and model used address the scientific objectives and, where appropriate, the relevance to human biology. | ||
Objectives | 13 | ||
Ethical statement | 14 | ||
Housing and husbandry | 15 | ||
Animal care and monitoring | 16 | (a) | Describe any interventions or steps taken in the experimental protocols to reduce pain, suffering, and distress. |
(b) | Report any expected or unexpected adverse events. | ||
(c) | Describe the humane endpoints established for the study, the signs that were monitored, and the frequency of monitoring. If the study did not have humane endpoints, state this. | ||
Interpretation/scientific implications | 17 | (a) | Interpret the results, taking into account the study objectives and hypotheses, current theory, and other relevant studies in the literature. |
(b) | Comment on the study limitations, including potential sources of bias, limitations of the animal model, and imprecision associated with the results. | ||
Generalisability/translation | 18 | ||
Protocol registration | 19 | ||
Data access | 20 | ||
Declaration of interests | 21 | (a) | Declare any potential conflicts of interest, including financial and nonfinancial. If none exist, this should be stated. |
(b) | List all funding sources (including grant identifier) and the role of the funder(s) in the design, analysis, and reporting of the study. |
Together with the Essential 10, the Recommended Set represents best reporting practice. Explanations and examples for items 11 to 21 are available in the Explanation and Elaboration document (Percie du Sert et al., 2020) and on the website https://www.arriveguidelines.org.
Abbreviations: ARRIVE guidelines (Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments)