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Zucker Rat: This animal is commonly used as an obese metabolic syndrome model.

Zucker Rat

Crl:ZUC-Leprfa

ORIGIN
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.

STRAIN CODE 185 (OBESE), 186 (LEAN)

COAT COLOR
Four principal coat color variants: 1. predominantly brown; 2. brown and white; 3. predominantly black; 4. black and white

RESEARCH APPLICATION
insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, metabolic syndrome, genetic obesity

ORDERING INFORMATION
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