Article
High incidence of spontaneous cataracts in aging laboratory rabbits of an inbred strain.
Veterinary ophthalmology - 1 May 2015
Peng Xuwen, Roshwalb Sara, Cooper Timothy K, Zimmerman Heather, Christensen Neil D
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the occurrence of spontaneous cataracts in a breeding colony of the inbred EIII/JC strain of New Zealand White rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculi) and the congenic strain of EIII/JC-HLA-A2.1transgenic rabbits. PROCEDURE: A retrospective study was conducted by collecting and analyzing data from clinical records for individual rabbits filed between January 2011 and October 2013. RESULTS:...
Topics
- Aging
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Cataract
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Male
- Rabbits
