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Animal Welfare/trends , Laboratory Animal Science/trends , United States Department of Agriculture/legislation & jurisprudence , Animal Welfare/legislation & jurisprudence , Animal Welfare/standards , Laboratory Animal Science/legislation & jurisprudence , Laboratory Animal Science/standards , United StatesSubject(s)
Animal Husbandry , Animal Welfare , Baltimore , United States , United States Department of AgricultureSubject(s)
Internet , United States Department of Agriculture , Animal Welfare , Animals , United StatesSubject(s)
Animal Care Committees/legislation & jurisprudence , Animal Experimentation/legislation & jurisprudence , Animal Welfare/legislation & jurisprudence , Animal Care Committees/organization & administration , Animals , Animals, Laboratory , Legislation, Veterinary , Research Design/legislation & jurisprudence , United States , United States Department of AgricultureABSTRACT
The Board of Directors of the Association of Primate Veterinarians supported conducting a survey to determine how NHP were housed in USDA-registered research facilities. The data generated were to be used to refute allegations in a petition filed with the USDA by the New England Antivivisectionist Society, which alleged that the proportion of NHP housed singly had not improved since the implementation of the standards contained in §3.81 of the Animal Welfare Regulations. The survey gathered housing information on approximately 90% of the NHP housed in research facilities in FY2014. That information documented that the number of NHP housed in groups or pairs has increased by 20 percentage points to 84% since the USDA's survey conducted in 2000 and 2001. This article describes the methodology and approach used to conduct the survey, summarizes the data obtained, and discusses the meaning of those data.