Wistar Rats:

Terms Related to Wistar Rats

• Wistar Kyoto Rats

  A strain of Rattus norvegicus used as a normotensive control for the spontaneous hypertensive rats (SHR).

• Holtzman Rats

  A strain of albino rat used widely for experimental purposes because of its calmness and ease of handling. It was developed by the Sprague-Dawley Animal ...

• BB Wistar Rats

  A strain of Rattus norvegicus which is a model for spontaneous insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (DIABETES MELLITUS, INSULIN-DEPENDENT).

• Sprague Dawley Rats

  A strain of albino rat used widely for experimental purposes because of its calmness and ease of handling. It was developed by the Sprague-Dawley Animal ...

• Athymic Rat

  A mutant strain of Rattus norvegicus without a thymus and with depressed or absent T-cell function. This strain of rats may have a small amount ...

• Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima Rats

  An inbred strain of Long-Evans rats that develops hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, and mild obesity, mostly in males, that resembles non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in humans. It was ...