Re: Fixatives for Avian Tissue
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From: | Barry Rittman <brittman@mail.db.uth.tmc.edu> |
To: | histology <histonet@pathology.swmed.edu> |
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gwin,
Not sure why you are usng either of these fixatives if you are interesed in
ultrastructure. would recommend Karnovsky's fixative with post osmication.
Barry
Gwin Kerce wrote:
> Our lab is working on a project that involves locating calcium deposits
> in avian testis. We have tried to use Bouin's Solution, unfortunately,
> it dissolves the deposits of interest. We also tried 10% Buffered
> Foramlin, however, the ultrastructure was not preserved. Does anyone
> have any suggestions for a fixative? We need to fix both the testicular
> and epididmyal tissue.
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