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| NUMBERS 09 | NUMBERS 10 | CHANGE SINCE 2010 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of procedures on animals in Britain | 3,619,540 | 3,724,726 | 2.9% | 105,186 |
| Total number of individual animals used in Britain | 3,541,252 | 3,724,726 | 2.9% | 101,265 |
| Procedures conducted without anaesthetic (69% of total) | 2,413,845 | 2,568,286 | 6.4% | 154,441 |
| Procedures using GM animals (43% of total) | 1,513,998 | 1,602,166 | 5.8% | 88,168 |
| Procedures using animals with a harmful genetic defect | 382,939 | 400,081 | 4.5% | 17,142 |
| Procedures in education and training | 2,391 | 2,837 | 18.7% | 446 |
| Fundamental research (32% of all procedures) | 1,174,292 | 1,294,503 | 10.2% | 120,211 |
| Production of monoclonal antibodies | 2,460 | 2,144 | -12.8% | -316 |
| Number of licensed research projects | 2,486 | 2,462 | -1.0% | -24 |
| SPECIES | ||||
| Number of mice | 2,618,674 | 2,659,491 | 1.6% | 40,817 |
| Number of rats | 323,054 | 293,905 | -9.0% | -29,149 |
| Number of pigs | 3,564 | 2,731 | -23.4% | -833 |
| Numbers of amphibians | 12,859 | 6,319 | -50.9% | -6,540 |
| Number of fish | 397,464 | 489,047 | -23.0% | -91,583 |
| Number of cats | 172 | 152 | -11.6% | -20 |
| Number of dogs - Total (3,704 beagles) | 4,129 | 3,727 | -9.7% | -402 |
| Number of dogs in safety testing (toxicity) (3,491 beagles) | 3,755 | 3,502 | -6.7% | -253 |
| Number of primates | 2,815 | 2,649 | -5.9% | -166 |
| Number of primates in safety/efficacy testing (toxicity) | 3,122 | 1,803 | -15.0% | -319 |
| Number of primates in pharmaceuticals R&D (non-toxicity) | 266 | 50 | -81.2% | -216 |
| Number of birds | 126,418 | 141,185 | 11.7% | 14,767 |
| Number of guinea pigs | 19,049 | 13,586 | -28.7% | -5,463 |
| Number of rabbits | 11,643 | 10,138 | -12.9% | -1,505 |
| Number of sheep | 8,015 | 7,433 | -7.3% | -582 |
| Number of hamsters | 2,892 | 4,124 | 42.6% | 1,232 |
| Number of horses, donkeys and deers | 270 | 235 | -12.0% | -35 |