Inbred Strains
of Rats: K
Inbr.F40+.
Colour: Albino.
Genet: c.
Origin: Dr. E. Matthies, Halle-Wittenberg 1958 from outbred Wistar stock..
Low spontaneous tumour incidence (less that 0.5%). Good breeding performance.
Weight at 100 days 290g in males and 200g in females. Developed for resistance
to a range of transplantable tumours (Matthies
and Ponsold 1973).
Matthies
E. and Ponsold W. (1973) Zur \'86 bertragung der Resistenz gegen Impftumoren
bei Ratten. Z. Krebsforsch. 80, 27-30.
INBRED STRAINS OF RATS
Updated 9 Apr. 1998
Michael FW
Festing
MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building,
University of Leicester,
UK
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