Fatty Rats, Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima

Medical Condition:
Fatty Rats, Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima

An inbred strain of Long-Evans rats that develops hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, and mild obesity, mostly in males, that resembles non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in humans. It was developed from outbred Long-Evans stock in 1983.