Common Laboratory Animal Mouse – BALB/c Mouse
In 1913, H.J. Bagg from the National Cancer Institute in the United States bred the “Bagg albino” from a white original strain; in 1923, Mac Dowell conducted inbreeding; and in 1932, the 26th generation was obtained and named the BALB/c strain.The BALB/c mouse is difficult to distinguish from the “ICR” and “NIH” mice, all having … Read more