BALB/c Inbred Mice

Nomenclature:

• US Strain: BALB/cAnNHsd
• EU Strain: BALB/cOlaHsd

BALB/c Inbred Mice Origin

• BALB/cAnNHsd: Derived from a nucleus colony obtained from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
• BALB/cOlaHsd: Derived from the Laboratory Animal Centre, Carshalton UK from the Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine in 1955.  In 1976 to Olac (now Harlan UK).

BALB/c Inbred Mice Characteristics

• Coat: albino
• Litter average: 6.0
• Docile disposition
• Haplotype: H-2^d
• Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis resistant

BALB/c Inbred Mice Research Use

• Cardiovascular
• Monoclonal antibody production
• Toxicology
• Pharmacology
• Aging
• Teratology
• General purpose

Harlan Laboratories' Production

• We maintain on Teklad Global Diet 2018S within maximum security production facilities.