Timed pregnancy in rats: a simple and reliable approach in determining the stage of oestrous for non-histologists

• Main Authors: Aminuddin, Niferiti, Abdul Razak, Tariq, Mohd Rashid, Muhammad Hakimi, Mohd Noor, Noriah
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/45302/1/MSPP_2015.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/45302/; http://medicine.uitm.edu.my/mspp2015/index.php

There are a few approaches that enable us to time the pregnancy. Recent techniques had shown that observation of unstained smear is more practical than stained smear. However, with simple modifications, methylene blue dye staining technique can be a practical and reliable approach for non-histologis...