Rats, mice, birds, amphibians and other animals have been excluded from
coverage by the Animal Welfare Act. Therefore research PPL Therapeutics
Inc., Blacksburg, VA reports do not include these animals. As a result
of this situation, a blank report, or one with few animals listed, does
not mean that a PPL Therapeutics Inc., Blacksburg, VA has not performed
experiments on non-reportable animals. A blank form does mean that the
PPL Therapeutics Inc., Blacksburg, VA in question has not used covered
animals (primates, dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, pigs,
sheep, goats, etc.). Rats and mice alone are believed to comprise over
90% of the animals used in experimentation. Therefore the majority of
animals used at research facilities are not even counted.
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