| Nomenclature |
BALB/cArc |
| Product code |
BC |
| Strain Description |
Inbred |
| Coat Colour |
Albino (A/A Tyrp1b/Tyrp1b Tyrc/Tyrc) |
| MHC Haplotype |
H2Kd |
| Complement Factor |
C5 normal |
- Low incidence of mammary tumours.
- Amyloidosis (40%) in older males.
- Aggressiveness observed in male stock from 6 weeks of age and female breeders.
- Fighting amongst males increases when cohorts are divided into smaller groups.
- High social dominance exhibited by males in presence of females resulting in high agression.
- Low mortality after neonatal thymectomy.
- Cystitis.
- Barbering from 7 weeks.
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