In Article <3rgs77$2fd at mserv1.dl.ac.uk>
(Dave Johnston) <daj at mailserver.nhm.ac.uk> writes:
>During my undergarad days I was told that Ascaris eggs survived
>pickling in formalin. Never put it to the critical test though.
i have larvated Toxocara canis eggs refrigerated in 5% BNF and they
are still infective after 2 years. The BNF is great for killing all of the
other microbiological agents which could potentially contaminate the inocula.
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* Charles T. Faulkner * Get your facts first and then you
* Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville * can distort them as much as you please.
* (ctfaulkn at utkvx.utk.edu) * Mark Twain
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