A, b, c
Albino
Genes:

Car-2^b, Ce-2^a, Cs-1^a, Es-1^b, Es-3^a, Es-10^a, Gpd-1^b, Gpi-1^a, Gus^a, Hba^b, Hbb^d, Idh-1^a, Lv^a, Mod-1^a, Mup-1^a, Pep-3^a, Pgm-1^a, Trf^b
Hc¹, H-2D^d, H-2K^d, Lyb-2^b, Lyt-1^b, Lyt-2^b, Lyt-3^b, Thy-1^b, Tla^c.

• Mammary tumor incidence low, but increased when mammary tumor virus introduced. (274)
• Incidence of tumors in BALB/cAnDe female breeders at 17-19 months: 22% mammary gland (adenocanthoma most frequent), 10% reticulum cell sarcoma (mostly type B), and 26% pulmonary tumors. (126)
• The total incidence of neoplasms (94%) reported in aging virgin BALB/cAnNBdf mice was considerably higher than that from other BALB/c studies, largely due to the high incidence of adrenal cortical tumors (29%), lung tumors (32%), and reticulum cell sarcoma (61%). Vascular tumors (5%) and myoepitheliomas (3%) are rare in other strains of mice, but have also been reported for other BALB/c mice. (108)
• The high incidence (60-70% in both sexes) of kidney neoplasms reported in BALB/cfCd has not been noted in other BALB/c substrains. (108)
• Moderate incidence of leukemia, late in life, due to endogenous Type C virus. (089)

• Interstitial cell testicular tumors and vaginal carcinomas induced by diethylstilbestrol implants; gross lesion of the testis, but not pituitary induced by dietary diethylstilbestrol (C57BL/6N). (232,013)
• Susceptible to induction of plasmacytomas by mineral oil or pristine. (551)
• 3-Methylcholanthrene increased the incidence of pulmonary adenomas to 50–62% in males and females and lymphomas to 20–31%. (004)
• Urinary bladder carcinomas of the transitional cell type were induced in females, but not males, treated with 2-napthylamine and cyclophosphamide. (823)
• Subcutaneous connective tissue from BALB/c produced tumors after growth in petri dishes; latent period before tumor appearance was inversely proportional to time in tissue culture. (068)
• In comparison with other inbred strains, BALB/c is susceptible to Gross, Tennant, Vaccinia, and Friend B viruses, and relatively resistant to Friend S virus. (370)

• Aging virgin BALB.cAnNBdf mice had a high incidence (27-74%) of uterine and mammary hyperplasia, hyperplastic nodules of the adrenal cortex, glomerulosclerosis, and auricular thrombosis; and a moderate incidence (8-21%) of ovarian cysts, arteriosclerosis, ovarian endometriosis, and calcification of organs, principally the heart. (108)
• Dystrophic cardiac calcinosis in BALB/cAnNlcr mice was almost exclusively epicardial, with equal frequency and severity in mated males and females; virgin females had the highest incidence of 5 strains tested. Renal calcinosis was rare. (160)

• Glomerulonephritic changes were induced by immune complexes formed either in vitro or in vivo with polymeric (but not monomeric) IgA from MOPC-315 myeloma. C3 was not essential for the induction of renal injury although the immune complexes fix C3. (584)
• Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia was produced by the administration of corticosteroids, a low protein diet, and tetracycline in the drinking water. (772)
• Infection with Leishmania tropica yields a suitable model for experimental leishmaniasis. (063)
• Susceptible to toxoplasmosis. (246)
• Uterine cervical and vaginal lesions increased after treatment with norethynodrel plus mestranol (progestin plus estrogen). (275)

• Expression of XenCSA is low on thymic and splenic lymphocytes. (488)
• Lacks the autosomal dominat gene which confers hybrid resistance to BALB/c plasmacytoma MPC-11, and is susceptible to tumor take. (768)
• Allergenicity of concanavalin A is low is this strain. (468)
• Treatment of BALB/c with anti-idiotype Ab against T15 idiotype produced immunologic tolerance to PC antigen, with no compensatory increase in anti-PC antibody bearing other idiotypes. (107,711)
• Phenotypic expression of AKR MuLv gp 71 is late. (395)
• BALB/c and C3H viral loci are allelic and linked to PGM 1 on chromosome 5. (316,317)
• Immune response (PFC) to dinitrophenyl bovine serum albumin is high. (321)
• Susceptible to mouse hepatitis virus 3 infection; disease is acute or chronic depending on dose. (405)
• Low serum interferon levels after induction by Newcastle disease virus or mouse mammary tumor virus. (131)
• BALB/cAnN, like BALB/cBy has Qa-2^- and Qa-3^- specificities. (190)