Hi Murr: I now know more about rats than I ever wanted to
know. Until I went to research your question, had no idea
there were so many rodent afficianados on the Net. Here
goes:
Sprague Dawley®
Outbred Rat Order Model #: SD
Color: Albino
Features: The SD rat is a widely accepted, dependable,
general purpose research model used in virtually all
disciplines of biomedical research including toxicology and
pharmacology.
Origin: Taconic SD rats were first obtained in 1970 from
the NIH Animal Genetic Resource. The NIH stock originated
from Sprague Dawley, Inc. in 1945 and has since been
maintained as an outbred closed colony. To maintain genetic
continuity with the SDN:SD strain of NIH, Taconic
continually receives axenic breeder stock from the NIH
Animal Genetic Resource for systematic introduction into
Taconic's production colonies.
Rats, Carole
--- Murray Charters <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Carole 'n Janet,
> Introducing .... The Electronic Zoo
> http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm
> Scroll down to Rodents...
> http://netvet.wustl.edu/rodents.htm
>
> Inbred Strains of Rats: ZI
> ZI
> Inbr. F26.
> Colour: Albino.
> Genet. c, zi.
> Origin: A breeder in W Germany to Hannover in 1980, to
> Kyoto in 1983. Carries rcessive
> autosomal gene "zitter" which causes spongiform
> encephalopathy of the central nervous system
> with tremors at 15 days of age as well as curley whiskers
> and hair (Yamada et al 1989).
>
> Yamada J., Mori M., Hamada S., Serikawa T., and Yamada J.
> (1989) Assignment of tremulous body
> mutant gene zitter (zi) to linkage group IV of the rat
> (Rattus norvegicus). J. Hered. 80,
> 383-386.
>
>
http://www.informatics.jax.org/external/festing/rat/docs/ZI.shtml
>
> Now for your challenge Carole...
>
> What is a Sprague-Dawley rat? (used as a control in the
> PubMed article)
>
> :-) ............................... murray
>
> Ps: Didja know the Parkinson mice have their own mailing
> list?
> Chek it out.... (Big Blue Transgenic Mouse Mailing List
> Archives)
> http://www.bio.net/hypermail/bigblue/
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>
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