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