| Nomenclature |
WKY/NCrlArc (Wistar Kyoto) |
| Product code |
WKY |
| Strain Description |
Inbred |
| Coat Colour |
Albino (a, B, c, h) |
| MHC Haplotype |
RT1l |
- Adult WKY have an inability to excrete acid appropriately after acute or chronic acid loading compared to Sprague Dawley rats.
- A subset of WKY originating at NIH demonstrates an inheritable transmission of biventricular cardiac hypertrophy (BVH).
- WKY with BVH provide a natural model of volume load hypertrophy.
- Recognised normotensive control to use in parallel with studies involving the hypertensive SHR rat.
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