title: Necropsy of animals for scientific research.
abstract: Techniques for the necropsying of animals and the trimming of tissues for histologic sections have been described for scientific research. It has been helpful to refer to the description, records, fixatives, and to other special procedures. The comment explains the reasons for using some of the procedures.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001344:Autopsy / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D006224:Cricetinae; D004210:Dissection / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D005404:Fixatives; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D005404:Fixatives