Cotton rat
Hsd:Cotton Rat
Color combination varies: gray, brown, black. Sigmondon hispidus (Cotton Rat) is a New World rodent that was developed by the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, and Virion Systems, Inc. In 1996, Harlan obtained a breeding nucleus from Virion Systems, Inc. Harlan became Envigo in 2015.
* This specie is bred in US only. Importation is subject to a Fish and Wildlife Declaration Fee.
Characteristics
- Litter average: 5,5
- Susceptible to a wide range of human infectious disease agents
Research use
- Adenoviral vector-based gene therapy
- Infectious disease pathogenesis
- - Respiratory syncytial virus
- - Herpes simplex
- - Parainfluenza type 3
- - Polio
- - Measles
- - Monkey pox
