Table 2.
Marmoset use by category in each EU member state for 2005.
| Research area | New World monkeys⁎ (% of total number for each EU Member State) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU member states | |||||||
| DE | ES | FR | IT | NL | SE | UK | |
| Biological studies of a fundamental nature | 48 | 100 | 6 | 53 | 26 | 18 | |
| Research, development and quality control of products and devices for human medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine | 22 | 36 | 47 | 46 | 14 | ||
| Toxicological and other safety evaluations | 30 | 39 | 28 | 100 | 52 | ||
| Diagnosis of disease | 2 | ||||||
| Education and training | 1 | ||||||
| Other | 18 | 13 | |||||
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New World monkeys are predominantly marmosets, with a small number of tamarins included (SCHER, 2009, Commision of the European Communities, 2007). DE = Deutschland, Germany; ES = Spain; FR = France; IT = Italy; NL = Netherlands; SE = Sweden; UK = United Kingdom.