Wistar Kyoto

Outbred

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Live production of this model has ceased. This webpage is retained for historical reference, but this model is not available from Taconic.

Model #
Genotype
Nomenclature

WKY-F

NTac:WKY
WKY-M

NTac:WKY

Model Description

Often used as the normotensive control for the SHR
Males exhibit systolic blood pressures of 125 to 140 mmHg at 10 weeks of age
A partially inbred model (F10) which retains some residual heterozygosity

Origin:

NIH received the Wistar Kyoto inbred/outbred model as an inbred from the Kyoto School of Medicine in 1971. Taconic received stock at F10 from the NIH Animal Genetic Resource in 1974. The rats were derived by caesarean in 1982 and are maintained as a randomly bred closed colony.

Availability:

Live production of this model has ceased. This webpage is retained for historical reference, but this model is not available from Taconic.

Coat Color Loci:

a, Tyr^c, h

Color:

Albino

Species:

Rat

Animal Diet:

NIH #31M Rodent Diet

Growth Chart

n= 50 per sex at the MP Fhealth standard from all US colonies. Data collected 2011-13.
High and Low represent mean +/- 2 standard deviations.
Based on sample size the charts above represents ~60% of the population.
All growth curves represent animals housed in our barriers, at our standard density and fed NIH31-M diet. Variations at customer facilities will alter expected growth curves. Growth charts are provided only as a guide, if a specific weight criteria is needed please order animals by weight.

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