NOMENCLATURE F344/IcoCrl
ORIGIN
From mating #344 of rats purchased from a local breeder (Fischer). The colony was originated by M. R. Curtis, Columbia University in 1920. To the Germ-Free Animal Laboratory at CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France from the Lobund Institute, University of Notre-Dame, South Bend, Indiana, U.S.A. Subsequently introduced to Charles River Laboratories France in 1970 as an axenic colony.
COAT COLOR Albino
BREEDING LOCATION
France
NOMENCLATURE F344/DuCrl
ORIGIN
From mating #344 of rats purchased from local breeder (Fischer). Colony originated by M.R. Curtis, Columbia University Institute for Cancer Research, 1920. Dunning at Columbia inbred to form the strain starting in 1920. Dunning to Charles River Laboratories in 1960 at F68. Caesarean rederived in 1960. To Charles River Laboratories Germany in 1987.
COAT COLOR Albino
BREEDING LOCATION
Germany, USA
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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