National Antivisection Society
About vivisection
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Differences between primates and humans
Primates in UK labs include baboons, macaques, tamarins, marmosets, and squirrel monkeys. Although basic, there are more guidelines for housing primates than any other species, but these are routinely...
Differences between guinea pigs and humans
Guinea Pigs are used in a range of experiments including having their skin abraded and household and industrial substances applied in skin irritancy tests. What a Waste Guinea pigs can only breathe...
Differences between rats and humans
Sociable, inquisitive and playful, rats fare no better in the laboratory than mice. They are kept in small boxes stacked on racks with nothing to amuse the animals. At St Mary's Medical School, London,...
Differences between rabbits and humans
Rabbits are commonly kept in stacks of cramped cages, with perforated metal floors, and no bedding. The confinement and lack of exercise causes their bones to become brittle, and so their spines are easily...
Differences between mice and humans
Rodents account for over 80% of animals used in experiments in UK laboratories - more than half use mice and about a fifth rats. Even identification of rodents is brutal - holes punched through ears,...
Differences between fish and humans
Fish are used for all kinds of research, with the largest number in 'safety' testing of products. One contract testing company uses fish in toxicity studies. The chemical is dissolved in the water in their...
Differences between ferrets and humans
Amongst other experiments, ferrets have been used in dental testing. A superior, non-animal method of testing for toxicity of dental filling materials was developed with support from our Lord Dowding Fund...
Differences between farm animals and humans
Pigs, sheep, horses, donkeys, cows and goats are all experimented upon. Genetic engineering has led to the use of pigs in xenotransplantation (cross species transplants) research and the use of cattle...
