Sprague Dawley Rat
The Sprague-Dawley rat is a hybrid albino strain with a long narrow head.
Wister Rat
Wistar rat is another common hybrid albino model animal. It has the distinct honor of being the first rat stock.
Guinea Pig (NIH-coloured)
Like humans, but unlike most other mammals, guinea pigs cannot synthesize their own vitamin C and must obtain this vital nutrient from food. If guinea pigs do not ingest enough vitamin C, they can suffer from potentially fatal scurvy. Guinea pigs require about 10 mg of vitamin C daily (20 mg if pregnant), which can be obtained through fresh, raw fruits and vegetables (such as broccoli, apple, cabbage, carrot, celery, and spinach)
Guinea Pig (Dunkin Hartley)
Like humans, but unlike most other mammals, guinea pigs cannot synthesize their own vitamin C and must obtain this vital nutrient from food. If guinea pigs do not ingest enough vitamin C, they can suffer from potentially fatal scurvy. Guinea pigs require about 10 mg of vitamin C daily (20 mg if pregnant), which can be obtained through fresh, raw fruits and vegetables (such as broccoli, apple, cabbage, carrot, celery, and spinach)
C57BL/6J
This is also the first mouse strain whose genome was fully sequenced in 2002, soon after the human genome.
Swiss Albino
Mainly derived from two males and seven females which Clara J. Lynch of the Rockefeller Institute obtained from A. de Coulon o.f Lausanne in 1926.
BALB/c
This is a substrain of BALB (Bagg’s albino) derived initially from the BALB strain maintained by MacDowell at Cold Spring Harbor, eventually sent to G.D. Snell at the University of Texas and brought by Snell to the Jackson Laboratory in 1932 at generation F26.
