There are numerous studies currently being conducted at the University of Utah using sentient animals. Exact numbers for both the number of studies and the number and kind of animals used is not public information, but we can for the most part figure out what is happening. Using the resources below, we can discover what kind of animals are generally used, and we can discover approximately how many (by extrapolation of FOIA's info, below).

CRISP Database

CRISP: A searchable database of federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions. The database is maintained by the Office of Extramural Research at the National Institutes of Health.

The advantage of the CRISP database is that the majority of the experiments that are conducted at the University of Utah are funded by NIH, and would therefore be in the CRISP database. To find animal experiments specifically, use keywords like "animal OR primate OR baboon OR macaque OR swine OR pig OR dog OR cat OR feline OR ..." and so forth. Use many different ways of saying the animal, because some people would use scientific names (after all, they are scientists).

Click on the buttons below to browse the CRISP database. The information from this is University of Utah specific, and tells you all the ongoing grants that are being currently funded by the NIH:

APHIS FOIA Documents

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is the regulating agency of the USDA that controls the use of animals in research facilities across the nation. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) provides the right for a citizen to discover anything about any governmental agency. In this case, FOIA provides the layman with a report of the use of animals in laboratories, such as our own here at the University of Utah. Because of the length of time involved in processing a request, only the 1998, 1997 and 1996 reports from APHIS concerning Utah are available. More will hopefully become available in the future.

Read the USDA's 1998 annual report on animal use in laboratories across Utah, including the University of Utah.

Read the USDA's 1997 annual report on animal use in laboratories across Utah, including the University of Utah.

Read the USDA's 1996 annual report on animal use in laboratories across Utah, including the University of Utah.