HC Deb 06 May 1975 vol 891 c381W
Mr. Clemitson

asked the Secretary of State for Defence for what purposes the experiments on 158 sheep and 2,299 chickens were conducted in 1974 in re-search establishments under the control of his Department.

Mr. William Rodgers

Records are not kept in such a way as to enable precise information to be given. The main use of the sheep is for wound ballistics work at CDE Porton. The chickens are mainly day-old chicks used for the growth of virus for civil medical institutions.

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