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Table 2 - NHP used in different EU countries
Species AT BE CZ DE EL ES FR IT NL SE UK Total
Prosimians (Prosimia) 0 0 0 99 0 0 578 0 0 0 0 677
NW Primate (Ceboidea) 0 0 0 408 0 1 433 17 50 12 643 1564
OW Primate (Cercopithecoidea) 56 449 51 1579 1 81 2778 395 277 63 2472 8202
Total 56 449 51 2086 1 82 3789 412 327 75 3115 10443

[Note: NHP = non-human primates; NW Primates = New World Monkeys; OW Primates = Old World Monkeys More...]

Source: SCHER,  The need for non-human primates in biomedical research, production and testing of products and devices (2009),
Section 3.1.1 Overview on the use of NHPs in research and testing, p. 7 -11.