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2 unusual facts about Animal testing on non-human primates


Animal testing on non-human primates

In December 2006, an inquiry chaired by Sir David Weatherall, emeritus professor of medicine at Oxford University, concluded that there is a "strong scientific and moral case" for using primates in some research.

A veterinary toxicologist employed as a study director at Covance in Vienna, Virginia, from 2002 to 2004, told city officials in Chandler, Arizona, that Covance was dissecting monkeys while the animals were still alive and able to feel pain.


Sexual dimorphism in non-human primates

Anthropoid primate male canines have been measured to be almost four times taller than those in females.


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