Preservation of Ruminant and Equine Anatomical Specimens by Silicone Plastination

(Abdulhaiy Muhammad Ali and bending Thinayan)

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Abstract

Plastination is a method of preserving biological specimens by replacing the tissue water and lipid with a curable plastic polymer. In this study this technique was used to preserve gross specimens from sheep, ox, horse and camel. The specimens were fixed in 10% buffered formalin, dehydrated in cold –25o C acetone and impregnated with silicone at –25Co under vacuum. The final step involved drainage of excess fluids and exposure of specimens to the curing agent (BiodourTM S6). The plastinted specimens obtained by this method were dry, durable, non-toxic, odourless and could be stored at room temperature
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