Notes on the breeding of the WHHL rabbit: an animal model of familial hypercholesterolemia.

We describe in this study a reliable method for the breeding of the Watanabe heritable hyperlipidemic (WHHL) rabbit. Placing a male and a female WHHL rabbit in the same cage for the purpose of mating resulted in only two pregnancies out of a total of 227 mating attempts (0.9%). After manually assist...

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Main Authors: J P Phelan, B J Van Lenten, A M Fogelman, C Kean, M E Haberland, P A Edwards
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1985-06-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520343376