U.S. Top 20 Most Painful Animal Labs

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U.S. Top 20 Most Painful Animal Labs

Facility Name (State)	# of Animals used	Total Animals	Unrelieved	Rank
	in Unrelieved	Used in	Pain %
	Pain Experiments	Experiments

Aberdeen Proving Ground (MD)	6,640	7,929	83.7	1
Utah State University (UT)	4,600	5,874	78.3	2
Emergent Biodefense (MI)	7,187	13,192	54.5	3
Diamond Animal Health (IA)	3,198	4,686	68.2	4
Colorado Serum Company (CO)	1,626	2,807	57.9	5
University of Utah (UT)	1,504	2,675	56.2	6
Lee Laboratories (GA)	1,792	3,402	52.7	7
Meriel Limited (GA)	2,276	6,525	34.9	8
Parkinson's Institute (CA)	56	74	75.7	9
Novartis (IA)	2,788	8,195	34.0	10
Fort Dodge (IA)	6,261	28,883	21.7	11
U of North TX Hlth Sci (TX)	394	560	70.4	12
Pfizer (NY)	5,726	44,008	13.0	13
Intervet (DE)	1,106	2,294	48.2	14
Batelle Memorial Institute (OH)	2,268	7,514	30.2	15
U of Texas, Galveston (TX)	608	1,134	53.6	16
Elan Pharmaceuticals (CA)	695	1,312	53.0	17
Army Inst Inf Dis (MD)	1,333	3,568	37.4	18
Boehringer Ingelheim Anml Hlth (MO)	2,235	11,640	19.2	19
Novartis (Genomics) (CA)	384	990	38.8	20

20 lab Totals	52,677	157,262

These 20 labs average 2,633 animals per lab experiencing painful experimentation without pain relief of any kind.

An average of 33.5% of the animals in these 20 labs experience unrelieved pain.

These 20 labs account for 52,677 animals experiencing unrelieved pain in experimentation.

This is 69.3% of the national total of 76,001 animals who experienced unrelieved pain during 2009.

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