Severity Statistics 2023

Each regulated procedure is assigned a severity which describes the animals experience.

In 2023, the University carried out 139881 scientific procedures involving animals. The actual severities are detailed in the table below.

Species

Non-recovery

Sub-threshold

Mild

Moderate

Severe

Total

Rodents

1921

(2.0%)

54280

(57.3%)

20177

(21.3)

16556

(17.5%)

1827

(1.9%)

94761

Fish

374

(0.9%)

24935

(58.4%)

16718

(39.2%)

625

(1.5%)

(0.03%)

42665

Birds

1057

(66.1%)

528

(33.0%)

(0.9%)

1599

Agricultural species (cattle, sheep, pigs)

167

(29.9%)

(9.0%)

230

(41.2%)

109

(19.5%)

(0.4%)

558

Animals monitored in the wild (sheep, deer)

298

(100%)

298

Total

2462

80322

37951

17304

1842

139,881

Percentage

1.8%

57.4%

27.1%

12.4%

1.3%

100%