Ch. 3— Patterns of Animal Use • 51 
Table 3-1.- 
-Research-Animal Use in the Federal Government, by Major Department and Division for 
Fiscal Year 1983 (Continued) 
Animals used 
Department of Health and Human Services 
NIH CDC/NIOSH Total 
Interior 
DOT 
EPA 
NASA 
VA 
CPSC 
Total 
Facilities reporting 
3 
2 
7 
2 
1 
4 
2 
63 
1 
131 
Dogs 
756 
0 
920 
0 
30 
2 
14 
5,187 
0 
8,978 
% row 
8 
0 
10 
0 
<1 
<1 
<1 
58 
0 
100 
Cats 
503 
0 
587 
0 
0 
0 
40 
1,304 
0 
2,772 
% row 
18 
0 
21 
0 
0 
0 
1 
47 
0 
100 
Guinea pigs 
. . . 23,973 
0 
24,071 
0 
0 
978 
58 
3,747 
0 
64,450 
% row 
37 
0 
37 
0 
0 
2 
<1 
6 
0 
100 
Hamsters 
. . . 14,003 
10 
14,013 
0 
0 
1,723 
0 
4,732 
0 
35,173 
% row 
40 
0 
40 
0 
0 
5 
0 
14 
0 
100 
Rabbits 
8,783 
30 
8,813 
0 
0 
842 
74 
11,508 
600 
29,445 
% row 
30 
<1 
30 
0 
0 
3 
<1 
39 
2 
100 
Primates 
4,452 
287 
4,739 
0 
0 
33 
184 
461 
0 
7,257 
% row 
61 
4 
65 
0 
0 
<1 
3 
6 
0 
100 
Rats 
. . . 196,458 
3,750 
200,520 
900 
150 
0 
3,936 
122,872 
2,080 
433,449 
% row 
45 
<1 
46 
<1 
0 
0 
1 
28 
<1 
100 
Mice 
. . . 533,094 
1,120 
534,814 
923 
4,552 
0 
622 
188,560 
0 
1 , 023,918 
% row 
52 
<1 
52 
<1 
<1 
0 
<1 
18 
0 
100 
Wild animals 
2,787 
0 
2,787 
4,228 
0 
0 
232 
2,393 
0 
14,359 
% row 
19 
0 
19 
29 
0 
0 
2 
17 
0 
100 
Total 
. . . 784,809 
5,197 
791,264 
6,051 
4,732 
3,578 
5,160 
340,764 
2,680 
1 , 619,801 
% row 
48 
<1 
49 
<1 
<1 
<1 
<1 
21 
<1 
100 
KEY: USDA-United States Department of Agriculture; FDA-Food and Drug Administration; NIDA-National Institute on Drug Aouse; NIH-National Institutes of Health; 
CDC-Centers for Disease Control; NIOSH-National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; DOT-Department of Transportation; EPA-Environmental Protec- 
tion Agency; NASA-National Aeronautics and Space Administration; VA-Veterans' Administration; CPSC-Consumer Product Safety Commission. 
Percentages may not add up to 100 due to rounding. 
SOURCE: Office of Technology Assessment, from 1983 APHIS Annual Reports of Research Facilities (Form 18-23); CPSC data from K.C. Gupta, Deputy Director, Divi- 
sion of Health Sciences Laboratory, Directorate for Health Sciences, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC, personal communica- 
tion, Sept. 24, 1985. 
Table 3-2.— Total Numbers of Animals Used in Federal Government Facilities as 
Reported to Congress in APHIS Animal Welfare Enforcement Reports, 1978-83 
Fiscal year 
1978 
1979 
1980 
1981 
1982 
1983 
Federal facilities 
included in reports. . . 
188 
150 
118 
131 
131 
88 
Dogs 
. 20,128 
15,605 
13,153 
13,930 
6,369 
6,668 
Cats 
5,354 
4,709 
3,368 
3,183 
1,940 
1,825 
Primates 
7,286 
5,031 
3,459 
3,081 
6,907 
1,837 
Guinea pigs 
65,009 
40,425 
25,402 
33,495 
45,972 
36,033 
Hamsters 
45,291 
25,213 
17,830 
32,367 
35,220 
18,992 
Rabbits 
43,867 
32,205 
21,631 
21,962 
16,209 
16,355 
Wild animals 
5,537 
4,137 
3,209 
2,007 
7,618 
8,037 
Total animals 3 
. 192,472 
127,325 
88,052 
110,025 
120,235 
89,747 
a Totals do not include rats or mice, two species that together account for the majority of animals used. 
SOURCE: Office Technology Assessment, from APHIS Animal Welfare Enforcement Reports, 1978-1983. 
