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Bala-Shark Enuthniasiation



 
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Obelix
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 3:38 am    Post subject: Bala-Shark Enuthniasiation Reply with quote
My god-parents bala-shark (one of them, full grown) had a really bad something or the other but they ended up enuthnisiating him which i was wondering if they did it properaly, they bought this chemical that you add the entire bottle of, they fed him one last time then emptyed the bottle it in the tank, he sorta swam around like normal and then just went to the bottom and died.
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t_chelle16
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 4:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
What chemical was it?

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Obelix
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 4:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just got off the phone and said it was a formalin soluation.
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t_chelle16
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 5:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
http://www.avma.org/resources/euthanasia.pdf

From the 2000 Report of the AVMA Panel on Euthanasia:

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Formalin Direct immersion of an animal into formalin, as a means of euthanasia, is inhumane.


-Chelle
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Obelix
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 5:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well that clears that up, ive been lucky and havent had to face enuthnisation yet but thanks for the info.
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tina1
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 5:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Chelle,

I'm about to throw up after reading 1/4 of that link. I can't believe some of the things I just read...
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Obelix
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 6:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Laughing Laughing Laughing I took chelles word for it and descided not to read, im extremely squeemish!
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OneWolvesDream
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 3:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
strange for me it wont open up! when it did once it was just circles and dots
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t_chelle16
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 4:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
OneWolfsDream wrote:
strange for me it wont open up! when it did once it was just circles and dots


Do you have Acrobat Reader?

I believe that the AVMA sets the standards for how animals used in research/lab work must be treated. I could be wrong on that, but I remember reading something about the animal care standards in my animal physiology lab and I think it was by the AVMA.

-Chelle
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Obelix
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 7:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for the link t_chelle, it proved to be an intresting link after going back and reading it.
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