Definition: 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.
a model for DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2 not DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; NIM when experimental animal; check tag RATS
See AlsoDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Rats, Long-Evans
Other names OLETF Rat; Rats, Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima Fatty; Rats, Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima; Rat, OLETF; Rat, Inbred OLETF; Otsuka Long Evans Tokushima Rats; Otsuka Long Evans Tokushima Fatty Rats; OLETF Rats, Inbred; OLETF Rats; OLETF Rat, Inbred; Inbred OLETF Rats; Inbred OLETF Rat; Fatty Rats, Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima; Rats, OLETF; Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima Rats; Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima Fatty Rats