Charles River Laboratories

Wistar Furth rat

Macrothrombocytopenia model, oncology, carcinogenesis, leukemia and grand mal seizure rat model.

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Features

Nomenclature: WF/CrCrl

Origin: J. Furth in 1945 from a commercial Wistar stock in an attempt to develop a rat strain with a high incidence of leukemia. To Charles River in 1998 from the National Cancer Institute Animal Production Program (Cr).

Ideal for: Resistant to chronic renal disease, macrothrombocytopenia model, oncology, carcinogenesis, leukemia, grand mal seizure

Coat color: White (albino)

Strain code: This model is cryopreserved