dolphins and warthin-starry

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From:Cheryl Crowder <crowder@vt8200.vetmed.lsu.edu>
To:histonet@Pathology.swmed.edu
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Date:Tue, 23 Mar 1999 09:41:44 -0500
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Jim - There should be no difference between fixation of dolphin gastric
mucosa for spirochetes and other mammalians.  We fix our dolphin tissue,
whether from the coast or here, in 10% NBF and have had excellent results.
My only question to you is why you are using a Warthin-Starry instead of a
modified Steiner.  In the gastric mucosa there are so many natural bacterial
which will stain heavily with the W-S, that the Steiner is a more sensitive
stain.  Just a thought.

Cheryl Crowder
LSU School of Veterinary Medicine




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