To avoid buying, making up and storing stock reagents, buy an AFB staining
kit from Newcomer Supply, Richard Allan,Poly Scientific or another reliable
source to avoid exposure to some of these chemicals.   We used Kinyouns
acid fast method, but others work too.   

Phenol must be worked with under a fume hood, and some dyes are carcinogenic. 



Gayle Callis
MT,HT,HTL(ASCP)
Research Histopathology Supervisor
Veterinary Molecular Biology 
Montana State University - Bozeman
PO Box 173610
Bozeman MT 59717-3610
406 994-6367 (lab with voice mail)
406 994-4303 (FAX)



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