Evaluation of fixation methods for demonstration of Neoparamoeba perurans infection in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., gills

• Published in: Journal of Fish Diseases
• Main Authors: Cadoret, K, Bridle, A R, Leef, M J, Nowak, B F
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2013
• Subjects: Almo; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfd.12078; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fjfd.12078; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jfd.12078

Abstract Formaldehyde‐based fixatives are generally employed in histopathology despite some significant disadvantages associated with their usage. Formaldehyde fixes tissue by covalently cross‐linking proteins, a process known to mask epitopes which in turn can reduce the intensity of immunohistoche...