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the twice as long life would be good
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It's kind of an open secret that this is how splashed originally appeared in the fancy: a friend of a fancier (one is now deceased and the other I haven't heard from in years) brought them out of a lab, without the proper protocols and bred them. Honest mistake, really. :shhh
But don't forget that the labs are indebted to us, too! The fancy has existed longer than the laboratories so many of our "original varieties" like red exist in labs only because we gave them mice, many years ago. I mention red in particular because it has proven very useful to science due to its suitability for studies on cancer, obesity, and cuteness. Ok, not that last one.
But don't forget that the labs are indebted to us, too! The fancy has existed longer than the laboratories so many of our "original varieties" like red exist in labs only because we gave them mice, many years ago. I mention red in particular because it has proven very useful to science due to its suitability for studies on cancer, obesity, and cuteness. Ok, not that last one.
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I believe it necassery to have 'connections' to the mousie lab world. As far as I know, labs in general don't sell to members of the public, even if we are breeders.
Labs sell in bulk, and generally the mice in question are specifically bred to either carry, show or be suseptable to certain diseases, cancers and viruses etc...
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Labs sell in bulk, and generally the mice in question are specifically bred to either carry, show or be suseptable to certain diseases, cancers and viruses etc...
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Not to mention they are massively expensive. :?
I think i saw that one lab was selling a certain strain of hairless for $50 a pop, and you had to order at least 50 mice. . . @[email protected]
I think i saw that one lab was selling a certain strain of hairless for $50 a pop, and you had to order at least 50 mice. . . @[email protected]
heres a question for you aspiring scientists.I was trawling through a mouse book that was about 100 years old for some info for a short piece for the club magazine.A breeder had paired up 2 pews and got a surprise of several uracoid mice in the litter :? I have searched for a definition and come up with no answer,therefore I'm assuming it's a scientific term :?:
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Labs genetically alter mice into different genetic strains. For example, one strain may have a weaker heart (used fr heart research etc), and another may be more vulnrable to a certain disease. Mice that Glow under UV was part of a stem cell research project. They planned it for only the brain stem cells to be effected, so that they could better observe how they work, but as it turns out, the stem cells in the brain and in the skin/hair folicals are extremely similarWillowDragon said:
Sarah, I'll look into it- i'm interested now
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Yeah, you have to have connections. Some varieties of mice run into the hundreds of dollars (USD) for a single mouse and are highly protected by various security codes, a room within a room, and so forth.
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