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Inbr 90+. Albino. Origin: Casas, 1948 from unpedigreed Swiss mice inbred since 1948. Maint. by Szepsenwol (Univ. Puerto Rico).

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Characteristics

Lung tumours 48%, fore-stomach papillomas 27%, pyloric tumours 13%, brain nerve cell tumours 11%. Low mammary cancer. A low incidence of heart tumours has also been observed (Szepsenwol and Boschetti, 1975).

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Szepsenwol J. and Boschetti N. V. (1975) Primary and secondary heart tumors in mice maintained on various diets. Oncology 32, 58-72.

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