Small animal facility breeds and maintains New Zealand White strain of rabbit, two strains of rats (Wistar and Sprague Dawley) and several strains of mice exclusively for research activities at IISc.

LIST OF LABORATORY ANIMAL STRAINS MAINTAINED AT CAF, IISc

List of conventional Mouse strains
BALB/c	Expansion mode
C57BL/6	Expansion mode
Swiss	Expansion mode
CD1	Maintenance mode
129/SvJ  or 129X1	Maintenance mode
C3He/J	Maintenance mode
List of immune-deficient Mouse strains
Nude mice	Expansion mode
List of Genetically modified Mouse strains
iNOS- or B6.129P2-Nos2tm1Lau/J	Maintenance mode
gp91phox- or B6.129S-Cybbtm1Din/J	Maintenance mode
Tlr2 KO or B6.129-Tlr2tm1Kir/J	Maintenance mode
FVB-Tg(GFAP-cre)25Mes/J	Maintenance mode
List of Rat strains
Sprague Dawley	Expansion mode
Wistar	Expansion mode
List of Rabbit strains
New Zealand White	Maintenance mode
List of Hamster strains
Golden/Syrian Hamster	Maintenance mode

N.B:- Strains at maintenance mode can be expanded for production and supply purpose on demand.