European Commission (EC). Sixth Report on the Statistics on the Number of Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes in the Member States of the European Union SEC(2010) 1107/final 2. Brussels: EC. 2010.
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"The Sixth Report provides an overview on the number of animals used in the EU in 2008 for experimental and other scientific purposes. This report includes data from all 27 Member States.

The total number of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes in 2008 (with one Member State reporting for 2007) was just above 12.0 million. Rodents together with rabbits represented more than 80% of the total. Mice were the most commonly used accounting for 59% of total use, followed by rats at 17%. No Great Apes were used for scientific purposes. The total number of animals used for experiments in the EU in 2005 (the previous reported year) was 12.1 million.

The Sixth Report is accompanied by a ‘Commission Staff Working Paper - Report on the Statistics on the Number of Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes in the Member States of the European Union in the year 2008’ (SEC (2010) 1107/final 2). The Staff Working Paper provides more details and also includes data from the individual Member States and their respective comments.