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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet
Okey, I just learned how to bleed 50 ul in a hematocrit tube from the saphenous vein of a live awake mouse... The trick for me was to gently grip the mouse like a "snake hold" so that they merely accept their fate and proceed to get to the saphenous.
Interesting procedure... Now to do live retro-orbital bleeding...
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Wow, we always do eye or caudal veins in rodents. Unless we are doing a cardiac stick.
I don't think I'd ever be able to find the saphenous in a rodent.