VMD 511: Animal Welfare, Ethics and Jurisprudence (2+0)

COLLECTION AND SUBMISSION OF SPECIMENS FOR HISTOPATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION

• Fixing agents - formaldehyde, alcohol, mercuric chlorides, chromates, osmic acid, picric acid, etc.
• Important is 10% formalin.
• Specimen should be representative of the lesion with normal tissues - 0.5 -1.00 cm thick and 10 times volume of fixatives.