LEW

Area 4b Health Report

Nomenclature LEW/CrlArc
Product code LEW
Strain Description Inbred
Coat Colour Albino (aBch)
MHC Haplotype RT1l
  • Docile.
  • Susceptible to induction of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis, adjuvant induced arthritis, induced autoimmune myocarditis and autologous immune complex glomerulonephritis.
  • Host for a number of induced neoplasms (lymphoma 8, renal sarcoma, fibrosarcomas).
LEW Rat