Dear Sally and Histonet, Fish can be fun. If they are young the bones are soft enough to cut without decal. Or if you can fix them in an acidic fixative like Bouin's the bones will be soft enough to not give trouble.
We do median sagittal sections and process and embed both sides. They look really pretty stained with your favourite trichrome. Regards, Laurie. Mr. Laurie REILLY Histopathology School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences James Cook University Townsville Qld. 4811 Australia. Phone 07 4781 4468 -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Breeden, Sara Sent: Tuesday, 28 July 2009 10:36 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Minnows? I've got two silvery minnows to deal with. One is about ½" and one 1". I've not done fish and am not sure if I should decal them first and try to process them whole or what! A whole mount would be interesting to look at but maybe that's not the best way. I can't imagine dissecting out tiny little organs... Anyone have any experience with tiny fish? I'd appreciate any clues! Sally Breeden, HT(ASCP) NM Dept. of Agriculture Veterinary Diagnostic Services PO Box 4700 Albuquerque, NM 87106 505-841-2576 _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet