Re: [Histonet] PIG processing tissue help

2017-09-07 Thread Dr. Michael Gudo (Morphisto GmbH) via Histonet
Hello, we process heart and other biopsies of muscles in Bouin oder Bouin-Hollande fixative which both also work fine with IHC and give very brilliant results with any kind of trichrome stainings. With best regards Michael > Am 06.09.2017 um 18:22 schrieb Blanca Lopez via Histonet >

Re: [Histonet] PIG processing tissue

2017-09-06 Thread E. Wayne johnson via Histonet
We routinely examine pig heart as part of diagnostic histopathology and generally we are looking for the lesions of Vitamin E / Selenium deficiency. Vitamin E and organic Se are expensive and often deficient in commercial piglet diets. We simply fix with a formalin based fixative and

[Histonet] PIG processing tissue help

2017-09-06 Thread Blanca Lopez via Histonet
Hello Histonettes, I am looking for a better information on what is the best way to treat, fix and process pig heart. This is a very new thing for me because I usually work with mouse and human tissue. Is anybody there that can help me with this please? I will appreciate any feedback event to