Gavaging Adult Zebrafish

Chereen Collymore; Skye Rasmussen; Ravi J. Tolwani

doi:10.3791/50691

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Gavaging Adult Zebrafish

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Gavaging Adult Zebrafish

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03:09 min

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August 11, 2013

DOI:

10.3791/50691-v

DOI:

10.3791/50691-v

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03:09 min

August 11, 2013

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Chereen Collymore^1,2, Skye Rasmussen², Ravi J. Tolwani²

¹Tri-Institutional Training Program in Laboratory Animal Medicine and Science Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College,The Rockefeller University, ²Comparative Bioscience Center,The Rockefeller University

Summary

The increasing use of zebrafish as an animal model requires the development of effective methods for the delivery of known quantities of compounds and solutions. The gavage procedure described below allows for the oral delivery of precise volumes of solution reliably, safely and efficiently to adult zebrafish.