"Rats, Sprague-Dawley" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A strain of albino rat used widely for experimental purposes because of its calmness and ease of handling. It was developed by the Sprague-Dawley Animal Company.
| Descriptor ID |
D017207
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.313.992.635.505.700.750
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| 1995 | 1 | 44 | 45 |
| 1996 | 0 | 34 | 34 |
| 1997 | 1 | 44 | 45 |
| 1998 | 1 | 45 | 46 |
| 1999 | 0 | 39 | 39 |
| 2000 | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| 2001 | 0 | 42 | 42 |
| 2002 | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| 2003 | 0 | 42 | 42 |
| 2004 | 0 | 36 | 36 |
| 2005 | 0 | 44 | 44 |
| 2006 | 0 | 37 | 37 |
| 2007 | 0 | 43 | 43 |
| 2008 | 0 | 36 | 36 |
| 2009 | 0 | 43 | 43 |
| 2010 | 0 | 38 | 38 |
| 2011 | 0 | 35 | 35 |
| 2012 | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| 2013 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| 2014 | 0 | 34 | 34 |
| 2015 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2016 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2017 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| 2018 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 2019 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 2020 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2021 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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