Hello.
In article <50022.rsorense at popserver.cc.gettysburg.edu>,
rsorense at CC.GETTYSBURG.EDU (Ralph A. Sorensen) wrote:
>> I have a student who is doing skin grafting in mice. The details of the
> experimental design are less important at this point that the practical
> problem of keeping the mice from scratching the wound. Are there any
> practitioners of this art out there who can recommend procedures (or
> references) for protecting the graft from the host?
>> Ralph A. Sorensen
This is from general knowledge (I'm not doing skin grafts). The location of
grafting is important. Once you place the graft at the center of the back,
a bit lower then the middle of the spinal (where the animal obviously can't
reach with it's legs), things should be O.K.
Not being able to scratch my back, is just ANOTHER reason why I wouldn't
wish to be a laboratory mouse! :-)
Yours, Benny.
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