The chart below gives information about species used for animal testing in the U.S. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The pie charts illustrate the different species utilized for animal testing in the United States. Animals used are
rabbits
, hamsters, dogs, pigs, primates like monkeys and human beings, and sheep.
To begin
with, rabbits
are one of the most commonly used animals out of all accounting for 38.7 per cent
. Hamsters stands at the second position for the testing which is 27.7 per cent
.
Furthermore
, the use of dogs in the trials is 10.2 per cent
whereas
pigs make up 9.3 per cent
of that is
being involved in testing. Primates such
as chimpanzees and monkeys contribute 9 per cent
towards the test. About 5 per cent
of sheep is used in The United States for experiments.
To conclude
, it can be noted that rabbits
are widely utilized for testing purposes in contrast
to sheep which is the lowest. Primates, pigs and dogs have almost the same percentage as compared to hamsters and rabbits
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