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The Concordat on Openness is a set of commitments…
The Concordat on Openness is a set of commitments for UK-based life science organisations to enhance their communications relating to animal experiments. Signatories to the Concordat have agreed to be more open about their use of animals in experiments. To sign the...
Government statistics released in 2020…
Government statistics released in 2020 reveal that 54% of all animal experiments in Great Britain (Northern Ireland figures are separate) were conducted at universities or medical schools. Historically, the Home Office would show the percentage of animal experiments...
The forced swim test is a rodent behavioural test…
One type of experiment that has been carried out at universities such as the University of Bristol and the University of Bath is the forced swim test. The forced swim test is a rodent behavioural test used by scientists to evaluate the usefulness of antidepressant...