Year: 1978
Type: article
Abstract: Early in 1975 a disease syndrome characterised by depression and emaciation was seen in homozygous nude mice maintained at the Queensland Department of Primary lndustries Tick Fever Research Centre (TFRC), Wacol, Brisbane. Later in the same year, a small group of nude mice were submitted from the Repatriation General Hospital (RGH), Green-slopes, Brisbane, with an identical syndrome. Because they congenitally lack all or part of the thymus (Pantelouris, 1968) and are thus immuno-deficient, nude mice are usually bred and maintained under germ-free conditions. The nude mice from both TFRC and RGH ·originated from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, and were housed conventionally in rooms containing other
Source: Laboratory Animals
Authors: R. A. McKenzie, R. J. Parker, F. W. Eaves
Institution: Department of Primary Industries
Language: English
Subfield: Animal Science and Zoology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2148586142