Inbred Strains
of Rats: B
Inbr. F120.
Colour: Albino.
Genet: c.
Origin: Dr. P Swanson from Wistar stock now known to be King B strain,
to Dempster at F43. To Harrington in 1971 at F85.
Characteristics
Large body size (68g at 28 days). Poor maternal instincts, and reproduction;
fertile. Aggressive towards handlers. High open-field activity and (unusually)
high defecation (
Harrington 1981) Colony
in danger of dying out (Greenhouse et al 1991).
B/1
Inbr. F36 (NIH 1989).
Origin: No further information.
Harrington
G. M. (1981) The Har strains of rats: Origins and characteristics. Behav.
Genet. 11, 445-467.
INBRED STRAINS OF RATS
Updated 9 Apr. 1998
Michael FW
Festing
MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building,
University of Leicester,
UK
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