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Wistar Hannover GALAS™

TRADITIONAL OUTBRED RATS

For additional information, visit the GALAS Website

 

Model Number Zygosity Nomenclature
WH-F   HanTac:WH
WH-M   HanTac:WH
  • Description
  • Growth Chart
  • Health Reports/Production Sites
  • Phenotyping
  • Price Table

Model Description

  • Frequently used as both a toxicology model and a general, all-purpose outbred model for use in biomedical research
  • Weighs less than SD rats but comparable to SD rats in reproductive performance
  • Produced and maintained in adherence to international health and genetic standards agreed upon by members of the Global Alliance for Laboratory Animal Standardization (GALAS): Taconic Europe, CLEA Japan, Inc. and Taconic Farms, Inc. Visit the GALAS website and read more about the internationally standardized Wistar Hannover GALAS outbred rat.

Origin: The Research and Consulting Company Ltd (RCC) received 156 breeding pairs of the Wistar Hannover GALAS outbred model from Dr. Willy Heine of Zentralinstitut für Versuchstierzucht in Hannover Germany in 1989. The rats were derived by caesarean in 1989. Taconic received breeding stock from RCC in 1998. The rats were refreshed with cryopreserved embryos in 1998. Each member of GALAS received 50 breeding stock from RCC in 1998. The rats were derived by caesarean in 1999. Taconic replaced its previous Wistar Hannover stock with Wistar Hannover GALAS in June 2000.

Color: Albino

Coat Color Loci: a, Tyrc, h

Genetics:

Animal Diet: NIH #31M Rodent Diet

Growth Chart

Phenotyping

Price Table


WH (in U.S. Dollars)

Age (weeks)MaleFemale
3$12.30$12.70
4$17.00$16.90
5$21.90$20.10
6$25.20$22.70
7$27.60$25.50
8$32.90$27.50
9$37.10$30.30
10$40.50$36.10
11$40.50$45.60

Female w/Litter (10 pups)
$108.20
Untimed Pregnant*
$79.40
Timed Pregnant
$108.80
Retired Breeder
$31.10

*Untimed pregnant requests are filled with late gestation pregnant females. Pups may be delivered in transit.

Wister Hannover GALAS™ European prices

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