Sharon,
              I agree with that the sectioning of spleen perpendicular to
the long axis is a desired one. I also suggest you to refer the following
paper. This contains a standarised methodology for sectioning and trimming
of all the organs of mice and rat to nullify the variability among labs and
evaluation. Good luck.

Revised guides for organ sampling and trimming in rats and mice ’Äì Part 1

A joint publication of the RITA1 and NACAD2 groups

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology
Volume 55, Issues 2-3 , 2003, Pages 91-106

Dr.P.Kamalavenkatesh M.VSc (Pathology)
Wockhardt Research Center
New Drug Discovery- Biology
Maharastra
India
PKamalavenkatesh@wockhardtin.com

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