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Inbred Strains of Rats: SD

SD/Rij

Inbr. F28 (Rij).

Colour: Albino.

Genet. c.

Origin: From Sprague-Dawley stock of an unknown source to Hoechst, Frankfurt. To O. Haferkamp, University of Ulm, to ITRI-TNO Rijswijk, The Netherlands in 1972 (van Hooft 1990). Note that other sublines of "SD" rats (including SD/A, SD/Cpb, and SD/Waa) are known to differ among themselves, and from this strain (Bender et al 1984, Festing and Bender 1984).


Characteristics

Less sensitive to the induction of mammary tumours by DMBA than two samples of outbred Sprague-Dawley rats; mean life-span 743_22 days (van Zwieten et al 1984)


Festing M. F. W. and Bender K. (1984) Genetic relationships between inbred strains of rats. An analysis based on genetic markers at 28 biochemical loci. Genet. Res. 44, 271-281.


INBRED STRAINS OF RATS
Updated 9 Apr. 1998
Michael FW Festing
MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building,
University of Leicester, UK

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