UChB

Inbr.F54.

Colour: Albino,

Genet. c.

Origin: Wistar rats selected for high voluntary 10% ethanol consumption, with brother x sister mating.

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Characteristics

Mean daily voluntary intake of 10% ethanol solution 4.57 ml in males and 5.78 ml in females (cf UChA). Voluntary consumption of 10% ethanol increases over a period of time. UChA and UChB do not differ in length of alcohol narcosis induced by 60 mmol/kg ethanol given intraperitoneally (Mardones and Segovia-Riquelme 1983).

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Mardones J. and Segovia-Riquelme N. (1983) Thirty-two years of selection of rats by ethanol preference: UChA and UChB strains. Neurobehav. Toxicol. Teratol. 5, 171-178.

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