Laboratory Animals
Statistical Reports
Fifth Report from the Commission to the Council and
the European Parliament on the Statistics on the number
of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes
in the member states of the European Union COM/2007/675
final
The Fifth Report provides a comprehensive overview on
the number of animals used in the EU in 2005 for experimental
and other scientific purposes. This report covers for the
first time data from 25 Member States. The data was submitted
in the agreed format by all Member States.
The presentation of the report follows that of the Fourth
Report. All the conclusions at EU level are covered in the
official Fifth Report. All the background data is provided
in a separate Commission Staff Working Paper. The numbering
of tables and figures in the Report are linked to the numbers
of the EU Tables and not to the numbering of the chapters
of the Report.
Link to all linguistic versions
of the official Fifth Report.
The Fifth Report is accompanied by a "Commission Staff
Working Paper - Report on the Statistics on the Number of
Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes
in the Member States of the European Union in the year 2005"
(SEC (2007)
1455) (pdf
~1,8MB). The Staff Working Paper, available in English,
provides more details and also includes data from the individual
Member States and their respective comments.
What are the key findings?
The total number of animals used for experiments in the
EU in 2005 was 12.1 million (with one Member State reporting
from 2004). Since the total number of animals includes the
data from the 10 new Member States it is not possible to
draw direct comparisons with the results of the previous
reports.
As in previous years, by far the biggest group of animals
used was rodents and rabbits representing more that ¾ of
all animals used (78 %). The group of cold-blooded animals
is the second largest group accounting for over 15 % of
all animals, followed by birds with 5 %. As in 2002, no
Great Apes were used in experiments in the EU in 2005.
Fourth Report COM/2005/7 final
Link to all linguistic versions
of the official Fourth Report.
Please note that the linguistic
versions are limited to those Member States who were obliged
to provide data (EU15).
The Fourth Report
is accompanied by a "Commission Staff Working Paper - Report
on the Statistics on the Number of Animals used for Experimental
and other Scientific Purposes in the Member States of the
European Union in the year 2002" (SEC
(2005) 45). The Staff Working Paper, available in English,
provides more details and also includes data from the individual
Member States and their respective comments.
Third Report COM/2003/0019 final
Link to all linguistic versions
of the official Third Report.
Copies of the report can be ordered from
the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities,
catalogue number KT-CO-03-019-XX-C, where XX should be replaced
by the 2-letter language code.
Second Report COM/1999/191 final
Sections 1, 2 and 3 of the report are available
in pdf format by
clicking the language icons below. Section 4 of the report
is only available in hard copy. Copies of the report can
be ordered from the Office for Official Publications of
the European Communities [catalogue number CB-CO-99-187].
  
   
  
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