Sprague Dawley

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English

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Etymology

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First produced by the Sprague-Dawley farms in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1925.

Noun

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Sprague Dawley (plural Sprague Dawleys)

  1. A kind of outbred albino rat used in medical and nutritional research.

Usage notes

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  • The name was originally hyphenated, but the trademark as used today by Envigo is not.