[Histonet] Fixation of embryos

[Rene J Buesa]

Use Bouin's fixative.
René J.

--- On Mon, 8/10/09, Cheryl Crowder <ccrowder <@t> vetmed.lsu.edu> wrote:


From: Cheryl Crowder <ccrowder <@t> vetmed.lsu.edu>
Subject: [Histonet] Fixation of embryos
To: "Histonet" <histonet <@t> pathology.swmed.edu>
Date: Monday, August 10, 2009, 11:27 AM


Hello - A researcher is fixing 7-21 day old chicken embryos in 10% NBF.  
After processing they are mushy and almost amorphous.  Has anyone any 
suggestions for a fixative that will give the embryos more form and still 
have the tissue capable of doing IHC?   I had thought of 4F1G.  Any help is 
really appreciated.
Cheryl

Cheryl Crowder, BA, HTL(ASCP)
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Anatomic Pathology
Department of Pathobiological Sciences
School of Veterinary Medicine
Louisiana State University
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