AS2

Inbr. F60+.

Colour: Albino.

Genet: c.

Origin: Outbred rats at the University of Otago Medical School, to Dept. of Surgery 1963 at F22-24. Not histocompatible with AS (Heslop 1968).

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Characteristics

Slightly higher blood pressure than in outbred albinos (Heslop and Phelan 1973). High secondary antibody response to the polypeptide (T,G)-Pro-Lys (3/20) (Günther et al 1976).

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Heslop B. F. and Phelan E. L. (1973) The GH and AS hypertensive rat strains. Lab. Anim. 7, 41-46.

Heslop B. F. (1968) Histocompatibility antigens in the rat: The AS2 strain in relation to the AS, BS and HS strains. Aust. J. Exp. Biol. Med. Sci. 46, 479-491.

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