Re: fixing rat tissues, multi-chambered, perforated containers.

From:=?iso-8859-1?q?Steve=20Machin=20UK?= <stevemachinuk@yahoo.co.uk>

Steve Machin UK reply:

Try Surgipath Europe Limited, compartmentalised biopsy cassettes.  They come in
various types; two four or nine compartments with an integral lid.

Best Wishes
Steve Machin UK

--- "Dalefield, Rosalind" <Rosalind.Dalefield@li.csiro.au> wrote: > 
> Hello,
> 
> We are doing very comprehensive necropsies on rats and are finding that we
> end up with numerous small containers per rat.  I once toured a
> pharmaceutical company (on the other side of the world) and saw technicians
> dissecting mice and putting the tissues into multi-chambered, perforated
> containers that were then sunk in a tank of fixative. I don't know where to
> get such containers, can anyone suggest sources?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Rosalind Dalefield BVSc PhD DABVT DABT
> Senior Research Scientist, Toxicology
> Plant Toxins Unit
> CSIRO
> 5 Portarlington Rd
> Private Bag 24
> Geelong
> VIC 3220
> Australia
> 
> Phone 61 3 5227 5732
> Fax     61 3 5227 5555
> Email rosalind.dalefield@li.csiro.au 
> 
> 
> 


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