Zaheer Ahmed Nizamani

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How to open glass lids of old specimen jars?

We have old glass specimen jars with glass lids in pathology laboratory for demonstration of various gross pathological lesions. Many of them need to be opened, cleaned for replacing old organ...

10 October 2017 5,968 3 View

Can a university bind its faculty to add citations of its official journals?

Can a university bind its faculty to add certain mumber (e.g at least two) of citations of its official journals in each publication? And only such publications, officially verified, will be...

07 July 2016 8,649 0 View

How can I investigate vaccine failures?

We are seeing plenty of cases of vaccine failure as outbreaks of velogenic Newcastle disease and Infectious Bronchitis which are reported in in vaccinated flocks. How do you think should one...

03 March 2015 1,121 10 View

Is there any difference in the protocols for hematoxylin staining for manual and automatic slide stainers?

We have recently acquired an automatic slide stainer. I wonder whether the staining protocols of H&E used manually are directly applicable to automatic stainers? Can one use both progressive and...

05 May 2014 3,970 3 View

Can 2-propanol be used as an alternative of Ethanol for tissue processing?

Can Ethanol be replaced with 2-propanol (isopropanol) without changes in conventional tissue processing protocols? Will it work as well as ethanol does using classical dehydration protocols?

05 May 2014 1,405 6 View

Cover-slipping slides with Canada Balsam- how can I make it dry faster?

We have been coverslipping tissue slides with Canada Balsam but it dries so slowly. Is it possible to speed up drying? Will heating help and is it safe? Currently we do not have modern...

05 May 2014 1,357 10 View

How do you clean wax from glass beakers?

We recently performed histological wax infiltration of tissue samples in glass beakers. But it is difficult to completely clean off the wax that is stuck on the beakers. We have tried heating but...

05 May 2014 5,381 5 View

How to perform intracerebral injection in day-old chicks for ICPI?

I need to inject day-old chicks with avian influenza virus for determination of intracerebral pathogenicity index (ICPI). Can any one guide me about the technique? What gauge of needle to use,...

03 March 2013 4,514 16 View

How to measure viral disease resistance among various breeds or species?

I want to evaluate genetic resistance of various poultry breeds or bird species to a viral infection. Is there a genetic basis for disease resistance on breed level? Although receptor shapes may...

11 November 2012 5,882 0 View