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Inbred Strains of Rats: KIRBY

KIRBY-B

Inbr. F60.

Colour: Black with white strip on belly and white on feet.

Genet. ?.

Origin: From a cross between black hooded and CFY outbred rats with selection for resistance to chronic respiratory disease. Litter size 8-12 (60% male), but only 4-5 weaned. Agile, but tame (Bertok 1980).


Bertok L. (1980) "KIRBY-B" a new inbred rat. Rat News Lett. 8, 22a.


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

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