Nomenclature |
BN/RijHsdArc |
Product code |
BN |
Strain Description |
Inbred |
Coat Colour |
Brown (a, b, C, hi): |
MHC Haplotype |
RT1n |
- Hydronephrosis and hydroureter common.
- Endocardial disease in older animals.
- High incidence of urinary bladder and ureteral carcinomas in old males.
- Moderate incidence of pituitary adenomas in older animals
- Immunologic model as the strain is unique in its expression of the high lgE – responder phenotype.
- Resistant to experimental allergic encephalomyelitis.
- Resistant to induction of autologous immune complex glomerulonephritis
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