In 2017, the University used 15,268 animals in research. The vast majority of these were rodents, predominantly mice and some rats (83.6%), and fish (14.3%).
University of Aberdeen – Animal Usage Figures – 2017
| |
Animal
| No. of procedures |
Rats | 730 |
Mice | 12034 |
Other Rodents | 0 |
Hamster | 0 |
Guinea Pigs | 0 |
Rabbits | 0 |
Fish (includes Zebra fish) | 2184 |
Xenopus | 121 |
Newt | 0 |
Birds | 26 |
Voles | 173 |
Totals | 15268 |