The aim of this study was to biomechanically analyze the skin of canine corpses chemically prepared with ethyl alcohol and curing salt, and vacuum packed, for the practice of veterinary surgery, in addition to obtaining the microbiological evaluation that may occur during the process. Eight canine corpses, weighing 7.96 ± 1.48 kg, were used. The animals were injected with 120 ml/kg of a solution of 20% sodium chloride, 1% nitrite and 1% sodium nitrate, and 150 ml/kg of alcohol with 5% glycerin and kept in vacuum-plastic bags at temperature between 0 and 4 °C. Skin samples were taken on day 0 (fresh samples) and on days 30, 60, 90 and 120 for biomechanical analysis, as well as for microbiological analysis of the fluids in the plastic packaging containers. The maximum rupture force presented by the control group and in the days of conservation showed that the fixation with curimg salts a...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of using ethanol (AE) and an aqueous sodium chloride solution 30% (ASCS) in various time periods for the preparation of carcasses of cats for the teaching of surgical techniques. The corpses of 60 cats were used. The specimens were fixed in AE, according to group, for 30 days (G1), 30 and 60 days (G2) and 30, 60 and 90 days (G3), and ASCS was applied to all of them at 30, 60, 90 and 120 days of conservation and the result was measured by means of the biomechanical study in the tissues to determine the best moment to interrupt the fixation in AE using as control the greatest similarity in tissue resistance found in fresh cadavers. The use of the anatomical technique using AE and ASCS was efficient throughout the experiment. There was no significant difference between the mean value of the maximum breaking force (N) or between the stora...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of using ethanol (AE) and an aqueous sodium chloride solution 30% (ASCS) in various time periods for the preparation of carcasses of cats for the teaching of surgical techniques. The corpses of 60 cats were used. The specimens were fixed in AE, according to group, for 30 days (G1), 30 and 60 days (G2) and 30, 60 and 90 days (G3), and ASCS was applied to all of them at 30, 60, 90 and 120 days of conservation and the result was measured by means of the biomechanical study in the tissues to determine the best moment to interrupt the fixation in AE using as control the greatest similarity in tissue resistance found in fresh cadavers. The use of the anatomical technique using AE and ASCS was efficient throughout the experiment. There was no significant difference between the mean value of the maximum breaking force (N) or between the stora...