Establishing A Plastination Laboratory at The College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Basra, Iraq

Abstract

Plastination is a laboratory preservation technique applied to specimens so that they can be used as models in the study of anatomy, for both research and education. This technique reduces the exposure to harmful gases and toxic fumes, and provides fixed, non- perishable samples at a low cost. The technique uses simple equipment and laboratory devices that can be obtained locally with low costs. The plastination laboratory in The College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Basra, Iraq, was designed and built to use the standard S10 method of plastination. The different ways of financing the laboratory, and the technical equipment and supplies necessary for the establishment of the laboratory will be described with the initial results of this experiment.