Veterinary Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnosis-II

COLLECTION OF MATERIAL

Collection of Material

• Tissue pieces of one cubic cm, thickness are collected from organs showing gross morbid changes along with normal area.
• To avoid interchanging of specimens, identification number has to be given.
• Specimens are examined by pathologist and description is noted down.

Logging of Specimen

• A portion of tissue is trimmed (block) and used for further processing.
• The block with identification number is transferred into container having fresh fixative.
• The tissue from containers are transferred into capsules for further processing.
• For bones and calcified tissues , decalcification is required before being processed.