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Antibody Labeling | Approved IACUC Animal Use Protocols | Cryopreservation and In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) | Egg Bleaching | Fish Feeding | Fish Nursery | Genotyping | Sentinel Design | Labels

Antibody Labeling
HIAR pdf
Heat Induced Antigen Retrieval (HIAR) This protocol describes a pretreatment of tissues for optimal antigen target preservation that is used for some monoclonal antibodies.
 
Wholemount Antibody & ABC reaction pdf
This is a standard labeling protocol for antibody labeling and additional ABC staining.
 
Wholemount Antibody Labeling pdf
This is a standard labeling protocol derived from the Zebrafish Book (Westerfield, 2000).
 
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Approved IACUC Animal Use Protocols
ZIRC pdf
This is the approved animal use protocol for the Zebrafish International Resource Center in Eugene, Oregon, USA.
 
Amacher Lab pdf
This is the approved animal use protocol for the Amacher lab at the University of California at Berkeley, located in Berkeley, California, USA.
 
Burgess Lab pdf
This is the approved animal use protocol for the Burgess lab at the National Institutes of Health, located in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
 
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Cryopreservation and In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
Cryopreservation of zebra fish spermatozoa using methanol, Harvey et al. 1982 pdf
The Canadian Journal of Zoology has kindly permitted us to provide a downloadable document of the original article by Harvey et al., (1982) that describes cryopreservation for zebrafish. All copyrights remain with the Canadian Journal of Zoology. You can download the article for your own use. Please inform yourself here about copyright issues.
 
Sperm Cryopreservation by Walker and Streisinger
The laboratory protocol that was adapted from Harvey et al. by Walker and Streisinger can be found in the Zebrafish Book, Chapter 7.
 
Sperm Cryopreservation by Draper et al. 2004 (used at ZIRC) pdf
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Egg Bleaching
Egg Bleaching pdf
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Fish Feeding
Flake Food
Powdered Food Recipes pdf
Live Food
Artemia
Artemia Decapsulation pdf
Artemia Recipe pdf
Paramecia
ZIRC Paramecia Instructions pdf
    A. Ingredients and Supplies pdf
    B. List of Terms pdf
    C. Making Cultures pdf
    D. Making Subcultures pdf
    E. Making Cages pdf
    F. Harvesting - part I pdf
        Harvesting - part II pdf
    G. Modifications for small facilities pdf
    H. Photos with captions pdf
Schedules and Suppliers
Feeding Schedule - weekday and weekend pdf
Food Source Information pdf
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Fish Nursery
E2 Solution pdf
Nursery
Basic Nursery Instructions pdf
Detailed Nursery and Food Instructions pdf
Nursery Protocol, Siphon Method pdf
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Genotyping
A. Read this first!                                                       pdf
B. Overview of Genotyping Assays at ZIRC pdf
C. Designing and Handling of PCR Primers pdf
D. PCR Sample Preparation pdf
E. General PCR Protocol pdf
F. Restriction Enzyme Digestion pdf
G. Gel Electrophoresis pdf
H. Controls pdf
Files A. - H. Combined pdf
I. Find and Download Line Specific
   Genotyping Protocols  here
We provide all protocols we use at ZIRC online as soon
as possible. If you see a fish line that has no protocol
associated with it on our pages, it means that it probably
does not exist. Please be reminded that we are unable to
develop and provide specific PCR protocols upon request.
 
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Sentinel Design
Example Sentinel SOP pdf
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Labels
ZIRC Label Info pdf
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