Modification of the microhematocrit technique with trout blood

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
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Abstract

Commercial and laboratory‐prepared capillary tubes for hematocrit were tested. A 10 percent solution of heparin was found to be best for the preparation of treated capillary tubes. For examination of trout blood laboratory‐prepared capillary tubes were found to be superior to commercial tubes which are designed for human blood. Sharp, pointed heparinized capillary tubes were used with good results for collecting blood from the heart without killing the examined fish. Hematocrits determined directly in such tubes were found to have the same value as those prepared in other ways.

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Larsen, H., and Snieszko, S.F., 1961, Modification of the microhematocrit technique with trout blood: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, v. 90, no. 2, p. 139-142, https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(1961)90[139:MOTMTW]2.0.CO;2.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Modification of the microhematocrit technique with trout blood
Series title Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
DOI 10.1577/1548-8659(1961)90[139:MOTMTW]2.0.CO;2
Volume 90
Issue 2
Year Published 1961
Language English
Publisher American Fisheries Society
Contributing office(s) Leetown Science Center
Description 4 p.
First page 139
Last page 142
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