In 2019, US authorities statistics put the number of laboratory animals used in inquiry at 797,546, an increase of two.ii% from 2018. This includes both public and individual institutions. These statistics exercise not include all animals as nigh mice, rats, and fish are not covered by the Animate being Welfare Act – though they are still covered by other regulations that protect animal welfare. We also accept not included the 137,225 animals which were kept in research facilities in 2019 but were not involved in any research studies.

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The statistics testify that 53% of inquiry is on guinea pigs, hamsters and rabbits, while 10% is on dogs or cats and 9% on non-human primates. In the U.k., where mice, rats, fish and birds are counted in the annual statistics, over 96% of research is on rodents, birds and fish. Across the EU, which measures animal employ slightly differently, 93% of research is on species not counted under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). If similar proportions were practical the US, the total number of vertebrates used in research in the US would be between 12 and 24 meg, withal, at that place are no published statistics to confirm this. Given the assumptions fabricated above on the number of other species used, information technology is probable that dogs, cats and non-human primates together account for 1% or less of the animals used in research every year.

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Of the animate being species covered under the Fauna Welfare Act, 66% were involved in experiments where they experienced no pain and therefore no anesthesia was required, 28% were involved in procedures where they experienced some hurting and/or required anesthesia and 6% of all animals experiences some pain but no anesthesia was provided because it would interfere with the experimental purpose.

Click to enlarge. The statistical data totals for all pain categories (797,406) practise not match the total number of animals (797,546). The USDA has previously issued corrections to their reports and it is probable that they will exercise so again.

Government statistics show that the use of not-rodent animals has been declining over the past two decades. Since 1985 the use of animals has more than halved in the U.s.. This includes a decrease in the number of dogs from over 200,000 in 1979, to around 58,000 in 2019. Some of this subtract is likely to reflect a movement towards the apply of genetically modified mice.

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Allow us put the number of animals used in perspective. Scientists in the US apply approximately 12-24 1000000 animals in research, of which just less than 1 one thousand thousand are not rats, mice, birds or fish. We use fewer animals in inquiry than the number of ducks eaten per twelvemonth in this country. We consume over 1800 times the number of pigs than the number used in enquiry. We swallow over 340 chickens for each brute used in a research facility, and almost 9,000 chickens for every animal used in inquiry covered by the Animal Welfare Act. For every animal used in research, it is estimated that xiv more are killed on our roads.

USDA Annual Reports on Fauna Usage in Research:

  • 2018 USDA Annual Report on Brute Usage in Research
  • 2017 USDA Annual Report on Fauna Usage in Research
  • 2016 USDA Annual Report on Animal Usage in Research
  • 2015 USDA Annual Report on Animate being Usage in Research
  • 2014 USDA Almanac Report on Brute Usage in Research
  • 2013 USDA Annual Report on Animal Usage in Research
  • 2012 USDA Annual Report on Animate being Usage in Inquiry
  • 2011 USDA Annual Study on Brute Usage in Research
  • 2010 USDA Almanac Study on Brute Usage in Research
  • 2009 USDA Annual Report on Animate being Usage in Research
  • 2008 USDA Annual Report on Animal Usage in Inquiry
  • 2007 USDA Annual Written report on Animal Usage in Enquiry
  • 2006 USDA Annual Report on Animate being Usage in Research
  • 2005 USDA Annual Study on Animal Usage in Research
  • 2004 USDA Almanac Written report on Animal Usage in Research
  • 2003 USDA Annual Written report on Animal Usage in Research
  • 2002 USDA Annual Report on Animal Usage in Research

*If you take the 2007 report, please contact us. All reports before 2007 include species totals for all years dorsum to 1973.