PROCESS OF BLOOD SAMPLE EXTRACTION AND PREPARATION FROM JAVA (ORYZIAS JAVANICUS) AND JAPANESE MEDAKA (ORYZIAS LATIPES)

摘要

A new procedure on blood extraction from Java and Japanese medaka was developed at the Marine Science Education and Research Institute, Faculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan for micro analysis and genotoxicity tests. It still followed the standard procedure of heparin to prevent blood coagulation and the process of severing the tail for blood collection but with some modifications.