RE: [HAPS-L] Cat preservation problems

["David Evans" <devans@xxxxxxx>]

Title: Re: [HAPS-L] Cat preservation problems

We have had the same problem with another supplier--sent 'em back and got good replacements.

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From: HAPS-L-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:HAPS-L-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Herbert House
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 4:44 PM
To: HAPS-L@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [HAPS-L] Cat preservation problems

Please contact the preserved specimen department. I know 
the folks in charge and THEY would want to know about your problems. 

Herb H.


On 3/27/07 4:00 PM, "Betsy Ott" <BOTT@xxxxxxx> 
wrote:

> The cats we just received, which came from Carolina 
>   Biological, just aren't as good as what we used to get.  The muscles just 
>   shred with blunt dissection, and it's taking hours to do a good job.  Is 
>   it a change in the fixative used?  Are all cats preserved in something 
>   different these days?  Or did we perhaps just get a bad batch?  This 
>   isn't the first time we've had this problem, so I'm beginning to think it's 
>   the preservative.  Last year, we tried leaving them in a vat of formalin, 
>   but it didn't help, as the cats were already fixed.  Any insight, or tips 
>   on what else to try, would be appreciated.
>  
> Margaret (Betsy) Ott, 
>   Ph.D.
> Biology Instructor
> Dept. Life Sciences
> Tyler Junior 
>   College
> (903) 510-2240
> bott@xxxxxxx
> http://science.tjc.edu/faculty/bott.htm
> Past 
>   President, National Association of Biology Teachers
> www.nabt.org <http://www.nabt.org> 
>   


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