According to the latest (2017) figures, 75,825 nonhuman primates were used in US laboratories, an increase of more than 6% over 2016. Also in 2017, a total of 21,861 primates were imported into the country.
SELENA DARLIM: ‘Animal Defenders International (ADI) is calling on Congress to take a stand against the high, and growing, number of primates used in research by supporting advanced, human-relevant research methods and a phase-out of primate use… Due to species differences, tests on primates and other animals have been shown to produce misleading results – replacing methods using primates with more sophisticated human-based techniques provides results that are more relevant to people…
According to the latest (2017) figures, 75,825 nonhuman primates were used in US laboratories, an increase of more than 6% over 2016. Also in 2017, a total of 21,861 primates were imported into the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, and Quarantine and Border Health Services Branch. Most of the imported primates (20,110) were long-tailed macaques, one of the most commonly used species in research…
In US laboratories, many primates will be used for regulatory safety testing of substances. For such tests, primates will typically endure force-feeding or injections of experimental compounds and full body immobilization in restraint chairs during experiments. Side effects can include rectal prolapse, vomiting, blocked lungs, collapse, self-mutilation, and death’. SOURCE…
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