Hi all - we need your help.  We are getting a motorized microtome.  We had
our heart set on a Zeiss.  The main purpose will be to cut undecalcified
bone.  Being a state institution, these orders go out on bid.  Shandon,
Zeiss and Leica have returned bids.  If any of you have any comments - good
or bad - on the Shandon or Leica I need to hear them.  Their bids are lower
than the Zeiss and I must justify my decision.  Thank you all for your help.

Cheryl Crowder
Chief Technologist
Department of Veterinary Pathology
School of Veterinary Medicine
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA  70803

(225) 346-3399
FAX  (225)  346-3226