{"id":97090,"date":"2019-04-09T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T13:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=97090"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:23:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:23:16","slug":"number-of-animal-tests-in-the-netherlands-rises-by-18-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/04\/09\/number-of-animal-tests-in-the-netherlands-rises-by-18-percent\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of animal tests in the Netherlands rises by 18 percent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the Netherlands, more tests were performed in 2017 than in the previous year. This constituted a rise of 18 percent. \u201cUnfortunately, we can\u2019t do without animal testing,\u201d says Carola Schouten, Minister of Agriculture.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/04\/08171412\/konijn_William-Daigneault-Unsplash-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139169\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/04\/08171412\/konijn_William-Daigneault-Unsplash-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139169 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/04\/08171412\/konijn_William-Daigneault-Unsplash-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139169 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/04\/08171412\/konijn_William-Daigneault-Unsplash-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139169 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/04\/08171412\/konijn_William-Daigneault-Unsplash-1280x853.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139169 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/04\/08171412\/konijn_William-Daigneault-Unsplash-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139169 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/04\/08171412\/konijn_William-Daigneault-Unsplash-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139169 225w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/04\/08171412\/konijn_William-Daigneault-Unsplash.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139169 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>William Daigneault | Unsplash<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>In 2017, 530,568 animal tests were performed in the Netherlands. This was 80,694 more than the previous year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tweedekamer.nl\/kamerstukken\/brieven_regering\/detail?id=2019Z06911&amp;did=2019D14200\">calculated<\/a> the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA). Testing was carried out at universities, university hospitals, research institutions and pharmaceutical companies.<\/p>\n<p>A laboratory animal can be used in several studies, so the actual number of animals may be lower than the number of tests carried out, according to the NVWA annual report. In 2017, over ten thousand animals were used for more than one study.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"localfocusvisual\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 550px; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/localfocus2.appspot.com\/5cab61498c22a\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mice and rats<\/h2><p>The tests mainly involved mice (43 percent) and rats (19 percent). The biggest increase was observed among genetically modified mice and zebra fish, which scientists used for cancer research. Nearly 90 percent of all the animals died during the test or were killed afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>Universities and academic hospitals used nearly 173,000 laboratory animals. Of these, 46,678 were used by Leiden University, followed by Erasmus Medical Centre and Leiden University Medical Centre, each with over 20,000 animals.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the animal testing in the Netherlands is conducted for fundamental scientific research (42 percent). Over a quarter of the tests are performed for application-based research and another quarter for legally required safety tests.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Failure rate<\/h2><p>In her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tweedekamer.nl\/kamerstukken\/brieven_regering\/detail?id=2019Z06911&amp;did=2019D14200\">response<\/a>, the Minister of Agriculture writes that she wants to move as quickly as possible to research without animal testing. Information about the failure rate of animal testing must be published to avoid unnecessary repetition. Schouten: \u201cNevertheless, animal testing will continue to be necessary in the coming years until sufficient alternatives have been developed and permitted. 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