Differences in rat models used in routine toxicity studies

International Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 162-173

  Weber, Klaus ^a,b   Razinger, Tanja ^b   Hardisty, Jerry F ^c   Mann, Peter ^d   Martel, Kellie C ^b   Frische, Emily A ^b   Blumbach, Kai ^b   Hillen, Stephen ^b   Song, Seungwoo ^e   Anzai, Takayuki ^f   Chevalier, Hans Jörg ^a  

^a AnaPath GmbH   (Switzerland)

^b Harlan   (Switzerland)

^c EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

^d EPL Experimental Pathology Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^e Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^f SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

control data; Hannover Wistar; in life data; neoplastic lesions; nonneoplastic lesions; rat strains; RccHan:WIST

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CARCINOGENICITY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; EYE INJURY; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMATOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LIVER INJURY; MAMMARY GLAND; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RAT STRAIN; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY; UTERUS DISEASE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGENS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; TOXICITY TESTS;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79955576802     PISSN: 10915818     EISSN: 1092874X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091581810391818     Document Type: Article

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