Hi Jim,
  I have cut shrimp with the shells on.  They were fixed in Davidson's
and the acetic acid in Davidson's softened them up enough to cut them.  
 Sarah


Sarah Jones HT(ASCP)
Dept. of Vet. Anatomy & Public Health
Histology Lab
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4458
phone: 979-845-3177
fax:  979-458-3499
email: sjones@cvm.tamu.edu

>>> jim  04/14/03 01:15AM >>>
We are looking at doing serial sections of a crayfish tail. Do we need
to
remove the chitin, if so how best to do this without affecting the
histology. Also is it best to embedd in paraffin or resin. If anyone
has a
protocol please send.

Jim