[Histonet] Re: mouse paws

jameel.syed <@t> abbott.com jameel.syed <@t> abbott.com
Tue Oct 5 12:29:01 CDT 2004


We process paws routinely.  We haven't felt the need to deglove the skin. 
However, we decal them briefly and trim the foot pad longitudinally on 
both sides.  After trimming we complete the decaling and process them with 
a program that is slightly longer paraffin infiltration.  Trimming the 
skin off greatly expedites decaling and improves infiltration.  In case of 
highly arthritic samples it makes them small enough to fit in a cassette 
for processing.

Good luck,
Jameel Syed, BS, HT/HTL, QIHC (ASCP)
Pathology Supervisor
Abbott BioResearch Center
100 Research Drive, Worcester, MA 01605
Tel: (508)849-2862
Fax: (508)793-4895






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Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 08:30:42 -0600
From: Gayle Callis <gcallis <@t> montana.edu>
Subject: Re: [Histonet] mouse paws
To: "joyce judge" <joycejudge259 <@t> hotmail.com>,
                 Histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
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No we leave paws intact.  However, mouse paws are extremely dense even 
though tiny,  and after decalcification, we do a longer processing 
schedule.

At 05:15 AM 10/5/2004, you wrote:
>I would like too know if people that are processing mouse paws deglove or 

>process with the skin on.
>
>Joyce Judge
>Visen Medical
>jjudge <@t> visenmedical.com
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Gayle Callis
MT,HT,HTL(ASCP)
Research Histopathology Supervisor
Veterinary Molecular Biology
Montana State University - Bozeman
PO Box 173610
Bozeman MT 59717-3610
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