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OFA rat, Crl:OFA(SD)

Code 24981
Sprague-Dawley rat Crl:OFA(SD)
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Nomenclature: Crl:OFA(SD)

Type: Outbred rat

Origin: The original strain was composed in 1925 by Robert Worthington Dawley. Carworth Farms obtained it in 1955 and renamed it CFE (Carworth Farms Elias). Transferred to Charles River Laboratories France in 1967, it then became known as OFA (Oncins France Strain A), in 1968.

Coat color: White (albino)

Strain code: 623

Ideal for: Pharmacology, toxicology, teratology, oncology, medicine control, physiology, experimental microbiology, experimental surgery, ethology

Bred in: France

Health reports: Using strain nomenclature find the strain at links below

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