RE: [Histonet] Re: AFB Controls

2013-10-11 Thread joelle weaver
ThanksI needed a good giggle Joelle Weaver MAOM, HTL (ASCP) QIHC > From: joyce.we...@emoryhealthcare.org > To: billodonn...@catholichealth.net; rsrichm...@gmail.com; > histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:41:21 + > Subject: RE: [Histonet] R

RE: [Histonet] Re: AFB Controls

2013-10-11 Thread Weems, Joyce K.
ubject: RE: [Histonet] Re: AFB Controls The only caution I would add to animal tissues is that they should be securely stored. In 1994, a group of animal rights activists opened the slide box and set all of my control slides free. Oh, yes, it's Friday. Bill -Original Message- From

RE: [Histonet] Re: AFB Controls

2013-10-11 Thread O'Donnell, Bill
n.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Bob Richmond Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 9:37 PM To: Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Re: AFB Controls With due deference to Peggy Wenk, I'm a little hesitant about AFB and other bacterial

[Histonet] Re: AFB Controls

2013-10-10 Thread Bob Richmond
With due deference to Peggy Wenk, I'm a little hesitant about AFB and other bacterial and fungal controls prepared by artificially inoculating normal lung tissue, particularly with AFB other than Mycobacterium tuberculosis. I don't understand why people don't use animal material here. Surely some

[Histonet] RE: AFB Controls

2011-10-01 Thread Farish, Craig
Hi Pamela, try contacting your local large animal vet or a veterinary diagnostic lab. Any case of Ovine or Bovine Johnne's disease would be a great ZN positive control. The bacteria (mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis) is acid fast and congregates in huge numbers in the terminal ileum an