[Nhcoll-l] Formaldehyde and bone preservation

[Steve Halford]

Is there any reason to fix tissue prior to maceration?  I can only think of
negative consequences to using formalin, like those Dirk enumerated.
Steve.

Steve Halford (halford at sfu.ca)
Museum Technician (Retired)
Department of Biological Sciences
Simon Fraser University


On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 6:45 PM, David Katz <dckatz at ucdavis.edu> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> We will have a number of medium bodied primate carcasses that we plan to
> macerate in order to preserve the skeletons. We've been told that fixing
> with formaldehyde prior to maceration can negatively affect the bones.
>
> What are the consequences? Is this an issue for both short and long
> duration fixation, or just long? Thanks very much.
>
> David
>
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