[Histonet] ground meat samples

[Perry, Margaret]

We will be doing IHC on ground pork and would like tips on how to process and embed the samples.  Can you leave the processed sample in a paper biopsy bag and embed both the meat and the paper?  Will cutting the paper make the blade dull to quickly?  Is there anything else we can use to hold the tissue together?  We had thought to maybe use pig intestine and pack the meat into it to make it cut better.
Thank you in advance for your help.  Histonet has helped me out many times and I greatly appreciate it.


Margaret Perry HT (ASCP)
IHC Lab Manager Veterinary Science
Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Lab
South Dakota State University
Box 2175 North Campus Drive
Brookings SD 57007