Useful Links

European Union

• Statistics on animal use  (Data source: European Commission)
• The severity assessment framework (European Commission, 2012)
• Examples to illustrate the process of severity classification, day-to-day assessment and actual severity assessment (European Commission, 2013)
• Non Technical Summaries of authorised projects – database searchable by severity
• Vac2Vac project – developing new methods for testing vaccine batches that do not involve animals

UK 

• Statistics on animal use  (Data source: Home Office)
• Recording and reporting the actual severity of regulated procedures (Home Office, 2014)
• Advice on severity assessment of genetically altered animals (Home Office, 2014)
• Review of the harm-benefit analysis (Animals in Science Committee, 2017)