Have you wondered how and what we see when we examine your fish in the laboratory?
Specimens are first preserved in formalin and then sectioned to smaller portions, placed in a machine that will impregnate wax into the tissues, trimmed into wafer thin sections, placed on glass slides, stained with dyes and then cover slipped (see pic below).
This entire process can take between 2-5 days. Only after all that is done can we only begin to examine the fish.
I’ve provided a video of the microscopic examination of a fish in histology section on TheFishVet’s YouTube Channel: http://youtu.be/_4BBlHPT-Ms
So, if you want to get some diagnostic lab testing conducted on your fish colony or farm, no matter where you are in Australia, contact Dr Richmond Loh, The Fish Vet.
See video on preparing fish for lab testing – http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ8HWUEQL5c
