Espèce

Domaine Thérapeutique

Souligné

Zucker Rat (Obese)

Crl:ZUC-Leprfa

ZUC-FA/FA
EN UN COUP D'ŒIL

Couleur du pelage

Other

Code de souche

185

Idéal pour

insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, metabolic syndrome, genetic obesity

Pays produits en

United States
Description

The obese or fatty condition appeared spontaneously in the 13M strain maintained at the Laboratory of Comparative Pathology of Theodore and Lois Zucker in Stow, MA. Research colonies were established at many institutions from this nucleus colony. To Charles River in 1985 from a research colony maintained at a pharmaceutical company. The control model for the Zucker Rat (Obese) is the Zucker Rat (Lean).