CBA/Ca Mouse

**Semantic type:** Mammal

**Definition:** The CBA mouse from Strong (1920) was disseminated to Jackson Laboratory and then onto Haldane and Gruneberg (1932) and finally onto Carter (1947). The CBA/Ca female mice have long life spans whilst males have short life spans. Both males and females have high ceruloplasmin levels. The CBA/Ca substrain is used most commonly in British scientific and pre-clinical trial research.

**Synonyms:** - CBA/CA - CBA/Ca