Re: RC: Re: biopsy

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/28/00 10:35:55 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
suendavid@worldnet.att.net writes:

<< Good Lord.  No, we have no reason to get biopsies anywhere near that large.
 An entirely different project and critter, but when we biopsied sheep a
 month ago, the liver samples obtained were measured in mg---the dried
 samples were little more than a dark stain on the bottom of the test tubes,
 but the assays turned out fine (but CSU also has one of the finest
 diagnostic labs in the country). :-)
 
 Susan G >>

That's about the size taken in humans. The problem with the horses is that 
the semitendinosus is too tough and the gluteus is many-layered. So to get an 
accurate sample from the gluteus, you have to "dig for gold".

ti