My God, Murr, there really ARE Buffalo rats. See:
http://www.informatics.jax.org/external/festing/rat/docs/BUF.shtml
Now, about those Mall rats...
More Rats, Carole
--- Murray Charters <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Carole,
> I'm impressed!! Now, about those Buffalo Rats......
>
> :-) .......... lol .....................murray
>
> On 28 Feb 00 at 21:45, Carole Hercun wrote:
>
> > 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 Dawleyr
> > 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
> >
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