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Fortrea primate-testing lab, Vienna, Virginia, 2004–05. Most of the NHPs used are one of three species of macaques, accounting for 79% of all primates used in research in the UK, and 63% of all federally funded research grants for projects using primates in the U.S. [25] Lesser numbers of marmosets, tamarins, spider monkeys, owl monkeys, vervet monkeys, squirrel monkeys, and baboons are used ...
This is a list of countries banning non-human ape experimentation. The term non- human ape here refers to all members of the superfamily Hominoidea , excluding Homo sapiens . Banning in this case refers to the enactment of formal decrees prohibiting experimentation on non-human apes , though often with exceptions for extreme scenarios.
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The annual use of vertebrate animals—from zebrafish to non-human primates—was estimated at 192 million as of 2015. [39] In the European Union, vertebrate species represent 93% of animals used in research, [39] and 11.5 million animals were used there in 2011. [40]
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The TNPRC is situated in 500 acres of land in Covington, Louisiana, and originally opened as the Delta Regional Primate Center in 1964. The center uses five types of non-human primates in its research: cynomolgus macaques, African green monkeys, mangabeys, pig-tailed macaques and rhesus macaques. The TNPRC employs over three hundred people and ...
The British government approved Nafovanny to export primates to British laboratories in 1999. [4] The British Animal Scientific Procedures Inspectorate visited Nafovanny in March 2005 and identified "shortcomings in animal accommodation and care", but since then, the government has "received assurances and evidence that significant improvements have been made".
Animal testing regulations are guidelines that permit and control the use of non-human animals for scientific experimentation. They vary greatly around the world, but most governments aim to control the number of times individual animals may be used; the overall numbers used; and the degree of pain that may be inflicted without anesthetic .