The figures show that these ten organizations collectively carried out nearly half of the 3.52 million animal research procedures in Great Britain in 2018.
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW: ‘Understanding Animal Research, an organisation promoting greater openness about animal research, has released a list of the ten organisations in Great Britain that carry out the highest number of animal procedures – those used in medical, veterinary and scientific research…
The figures show that these ten organisations collectively carried out nearly half of all animal research in Great Britain in 2018. These ten organisations carried out 1.69 million procedures, 48% of the 3.52 million procedures carried out in Great Britain in 2018. More than 99% of these 1.69 million procedures were carried out on rodents or fish.
The ten organisations are listed alongside the total number of procedures that they carried out in 2018. Each organisation’s name links to its animal research webpage which includes more detailed statistics. This is the fourth year in a row organisations have come together to publicise their collective numbers and examples of their research…
All the organisations are committed to the ‘3Rs’ of replacement, reduction and refinement… HOWEVER, as institutions expand and conduct more research, the total number of animals used can rise even if fewer animals are used per study’. SOURCE…
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