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This annual publication contains data on animal experimentation carried out during 2004 subject to the provisions of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. Under this Act, any scientific procedure carried out on any living vertebrate animal, and one species of octopus, which is likely to cause pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm, is a regulated procedure requiring licence authority.In 2006, there were 3.01 million scientific procedures conducted, an increase of four per cent on the previous year. Most experiments and tests were conducted on mice, rats and other rodents (83 per cent), with the remainder on birds (four per cent) and fish (nine per cent). Dogs, cats, horses and non-human primates (usually macaques and marmosets) combined, amounted to less than one per cent of procedures. Non-toxicological procedures accounted for 86 per cent of procedures, with the main areas of use being for immunological studies, pharmaceutical research and development, anatomy and cancer research.

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