Nomenclature: Hsd:Cotton Rat
Cotton Rat Origin
- In 1996, Harlan obtained a cotton rat breeding nucleus from
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, and Virion
Systems, Inc.
Cotton Rat Characteristics
- Coat: color combination varies; gray, brown, black
- Litter average: 5.5
- New World rodent: Sigmodon hispidus
- Susceptible to a wide range of human infectious disease
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Cotton Rat Research Use
- Adenoviral vector-based gene therapy
- Infectious disease pathogenesis
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus
- Herpes Simplex
- Parainfluenza Type 3
- Polio
- Measles
- Monkeypox
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