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Animal testing figures released Print E-mail
Monday, 23 July 2007

Medical and research tests involving the use of non-human primates fell by 10 per cent in 2006, according to Home Office figures released today.

The figures, publication of which is mandated by the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, show that the number of procedures overall involving animals in 2006 was just over 3.01 million, a rise of 4 per cent on 2005.

The majority of procedures – 83 per cent – involved the use of mice, rats and other rodents. Dogs, cats, horses and non-human primates were used in less than half of one per cent of procedures.

Non-toxicological procedures accounted for 86 per cent of all procedures, with the main uses being immunological studies, pharmaceutical research and development and cancer research

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