[Histonet] curious about soaking paraffin blocks.

[Philip Oshel]

I've been reading the posts in this thread, and I doubt that the 
proteins have anything to do with the differences in processing 
schedules. I suspect it's more the fat content. Both the amount and 
the nature of saturated vs unsaturated fats.
I suspect human tissue is generally fattier than other animals, so a 
dehydration schedule that works for people extracts too much fat from 
other animal tissues, making them "dry" and crumbly.
If this is true, the same sort of difference should show up when 
sectioning tissues from, say, wild squirrels in the early spring 
(after they've used up their winter-survival fat stores) and 
squirrels in the late fall/early winter, when their fat stores should 
be maximal.
Maybe. Any of the histotechs in Vet Med colleges noticed having to 
change processing schedules of wild or outdoor animals with the 
seasons?
As to winning ... yeah, I heard something about that. Nothing 
important. Something about hitting sticks with balls, or the failure 
to hit them.

Phil

>"Since we process every organ of rat, mouse, dog, rabbit and monkey on
>many animals, processing by hand would be archaic.  The amount of time
>each species is processed depends on the tissue size. Mouse having the
>shortest processing schedule.  Monkey is the easiest to section because
>it is so close to human tissue.  All tissue is fully fixed in 10% NBF
>before processing."
>Bonnie
>
>That's an interesting comment "Monkey is the easiest to section because
>it is so close to human tissue", is that because primate tissue is
>easier to process or that processing schedules are primarily focused on
>human material? Is there something in primate proteins that makes it
>easier to process than say rodent tissue?
>
>It said on my wireless this morning that someone wearing red socks had
>won something in North America; what was that?
>
>
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