Number of Animal Procedures in 2025
| Species | Total Procedures | Change from 2024 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mice | 1616 | -15% | ||||||||
| Fish | 807 | -37% | ||||||||
| Rats | 0 | 0% | ||||||||
| Total | 2423 | -24% |
Procedures on animals
Information about animals in research at the University of Plymouth
Severity of Animal Procedures in 2025
| Severity | Total Procedures | Change from 2024 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subthreshold | 651 | 20% | |||||
| Nonrecovery | 0 | = | |||||
| Mild | 802 | +26.5% | |||||
| Moderate | 965 | -52.1% | |||||
| Severe | 5 | -37.5% |
The law defines the levels of severity animals experience as:
1. Subthreshold: the animal does not suffer from an intervention.
2. Mild: causes short-term mild pain, suffering or distress. Breeding and behavioural assessments are qualified in this category.
3. Moderate: causes short-term moderate pain, suffering or distress or long-lasting mild pain, suffering or distress (e.g., administration of substances, breeding GM animals or surgical procedure with recovery).
4. Severe: the animal is likely to experience severe pain, suffering or distress, or long-lasting moderate pain, suffering or distress, or to die unexpectedly.
5. Nonrecovery: the animal is placed under general anaesthetic before the start of the procedure, and is humanely killed without ever regaining consciousness.