Mastomys natalensis or Mastomys coucha. Correct species designation in animal experiments.

T F, Kruppa; F, Iglauer; E, Ihnen; K, Miller; I, Kunstyr

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Mastomys natalensis or Mastomys coucha. Correct species designation in animal experiments.

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 12 Sep 1990 English Journal:Tropical medicine and parasitology : official organ of Deutsche Tropenmedizinische Gesellschaft and of Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), volume 41 (issn: 0177-2392,

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Authors: T F, Kruppa; F, Iglauer; E, Ihnen; K, Miller; I, Kunstyr;

pmid: 2382103

Mastomys natalensis or Mastomys coucha. Correct species designation in animal experiments.

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Abstract

Haemoglobin electrophoresis and chromosome analysis indicate that the widely used multimammate rat (chamois coloured) as experimental animal belongs to the species Mastomys coucha (Smith, 1836) and not, as commonly assumed, to Mastomys natalensis (Smith, 1834).

Related Organizations

Leibniz Association
Germany
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Germany

Keywords

Electrophoresis, Agar Gel, Male, Muridae, Hemoglobins, Animals, Laboratory, Karyotyping, Animals, Female, Chromosomes

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