Severity Statistics 2024

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

In 2024, the University carried out 136,862 scientific procedures involving animals. The actual severities are detailed in the table below.

 

SpeciesNon-RecoverySubthresholdMildModerateSevereTotal Number of Procedures
Rodents (Mice, Rats, Wood mice, Spiny mice)

2082

(2.35%)

50704

(57.11%)

19426

(21.88%)

15075

(16.98%)

1493

(1.68%)

88780

 

Fish (Zebrafish, Flatfish)

446

(1.02%)

29014

(66.13%)

14281

(32.55%)

109

(0.25%)

23

(0.05%)

43873

 

Birds (Chickens)

0

 

981

(28.25%)

2485

(71.55%)

7

(0.20%)

0

 

3473

 

Agricultural species (Cattle, Pigs, Sheep)

29

(6.24%)

55

(11.83%)

289

(62.15%)

92

(19.78%)

0

 

465

 

Sheep monitored in the wild

0

 

0

 

203

(100%)

0

 

0

 

203

 

Red deer monitored in the wild

0

 

0

 

67

(100%)

0

 

0

 

67

 

Client-owned animals (Horse)

1

(100%)

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

1

 

Total25588075436751152831516136862
Percentage1.87%59%26.85%11.17%1.11%100%
Pie chart showing proportions of procedures carried out at each severity. Subthreshold (59%), Mild (26.85%), Moderate (11.17%), Severe (1.11%), Non-Recovery (1.87%).
Pie chart showing proportions of animals used in 2024 at each severity level in percentages. Non-recovery (1.87%), sub-threshold (59%), mild (26.85%), moderate (11.17%), severe (1.11%).

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