The BN/MolTac arrived at M&B A/S in 1993 at F90 from the Zentralinstitut f?r Versuchstierzucht, Hannover, Germany (Han). It was rederived at Taconic, USA in 2003.
is possible to chemically-induce several autoimmune syndromes such as polyarthritis or T helper cell autoimmunity in the Brown Norway rat using mercuri chloride or cyclosporin A.
The BN/MolTac is also used as a model for male reproduction aging physiology, transplantation immunology, and for studies of bone marrow cancer and graft versus host diseases.