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DoDI 3216.01 — Use of Animals in DoD Conducted and Supported Research and Training

DoDI 3216.01 is listed as current Current
in the DoD Issuances catalog as of our last index refresh (2026-08-23). Status is mirrored from that catalog, re-checked weekly — every change is logged. Note: its publication date is 2019-03-20 — 7.4 years old — so check for newer interim changes before citing it.

Branch	Department of Defense
Series	DoDI
Publication date	2019-03-20 (7.4 years ago)
Status	Current
Proponent / OPR	USW(R&E)
Source of record	DoD Issuances

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If DoDI 3216.01 changes, who else is affected

Functional community	Publications	Which ones
Medical Command	1	DAFPD 40-4
Security Forces	1	AFI 31-126

2 publications in 2 other communities depend on this one. Each community inspects its own publications; a dependency that crosses communities is owned by nobody, which is why this list normally does not exist anywhere. Built from the publications' own citations, so it reflects what we have read.

Publications that cite DoDI 3216.01

DAFPD 40-4 — Protection Of Animal And Human Subjects Current 6 mentions
AFI 31-126 — Dod Military Working Dog (mwd) Program Current 1 mention
MCO 5100.29C VOLUMES 1-9 w/CH-2 — MARINE CORPS SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (MCSMS) Current 1 mention

If DoDI 3216.01 changes, these are the documents that point at it. Extracted from the publications' own text, so it reflects what we have read, not a complete dependency map. Every publishing office validates its own document; nobody validates the seams between them.

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Nearby in the DoDI series

DoDI 3210.01 — Administration and Support of Basic Research by the Department of Defense Current
DoDI 3210.08 — Reporting and Using Information in the Government-Wide Integrity and Performance System Current
DoDI 3210.7 — Research Integrity and Misconduct Current
DoDI 3216.02 — Protection of Human Subjects and Adherence to Ethical Standards in DoD-Conducted and-Supported Research Current
DoDI 3218.02 — National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowships Current

This is an unofficial index built from the public catalog. The controlling copy is always the one on DoD Issuances — verify there before citing DoDI 3216.01 in an official product.