Nomenclature: NTac:SD
Model Description:
Origin: The Sprague Dawley outbred model was developed by Sprague Dawley, Inc. NIH received stock from Sprague Dawley, Inc in 1945. The rats are maintained as an outbred closed colony. Taconic received stock from the NIH Animal Genetic Resource in 1970. The rats were refreshed with NIH Genetic Resource stock in 1998. Vivo Bio Tech received the breeders in April 2011 from Taconic.
Color: Albino
Coat Color Loci: Tyrc
Health Standard: MPFTM (Murine Pathogen FreeTM)
Nomenclature: HanTac:WH
Model Description:
Origin : The Research and Consulting Company Ltd (RCC) received 156 breeding pairs of the Wistar Hannover GALAS™ outbred model from Dr. Willy Heine of Zentralinstitut für Versuchstierzucht in Hannover Germany in 1989. The rats were derived by caesarean in 1989. Taconic received breeding stock from RCC in 1998. The rats were refreshed with cryopreserved embryos in 1998. Each member of GALAS received 50 breeding stock from RCC in 1998. The rats were derived by caesarean in 1999. Taconic replaced its previous Wistar Hannover stock with Wistar Hannover GALAS™ in June 2000. Vivo Bio Tech received the breeders in March, 2014 from Taconic
Color: Albino
Coat Color Loci : a, Tyrc, h
Health Standard: MPFTM (Murine Pathogen FreeTM)