UConn Health criticized for lapse in animal research protocol

UConn Health has acknowledged that it had a lapse in an approved research protocol involving use of animals in the research process and that it was reported to federal regulators.

A spokeswoman for UConn Health did not name the animals involved or what the research process was, but according to a copy of a United States Department of Agriculture report provided by SAEN, a watchdog nonprofit that investigates alleged animal abuse and activities at U.S. research facilities, the animals were rabbits.