[Histonet] Fish Eggs-Help
Andrea Grantham
algranth <@t> u.arizona.edu
Wed May 25 13:11:22 CDT 2005
Once I did some frog eggs which are probably similar in that the centers
mostly fell out - I did frozens and also paraffin sections. Fortunately the
investigator only wanted to observe the walls and not the center yolky
part. I found that soaking them and sometimes using a little ammonia water
or soapy water helped - I could then get a section or two before I had to
resoak.
I don't have a processor that uses vacuum and pressure but I was wondering
if that would have any better effects on processing?
Andi Grantham
At 02:25 PM 5/25/2005 -0400, Greg Dobbin wrote:
>Hello Everyone,
>Who among you have had happy experiences with
>fixation/processing/sectioning of unfertilized fish eggs??
>
>A graduate student here at the Vet College is trying to section
>paraffin blocks with Arctic char eggs. The eggs are falling apart on
>the water bath (or on the way to the waterbath). He only wants to be
>able to do H&E on (stepped) serial sections. Any advise? Any at
>all?
>
>For insatnce, would frozens be a better option? Is the fixtive choice
>important, i.e. are fish eggs like eyes- should he be using Bouins?
>
>I welcome any and all input. Thanks.
>Greg
>
>
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