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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosci Methods. 2007 Apr 18;164(1):116–119. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.04.007

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Zebra finch blood sample collection. A young zebra finch is held gently, but firmly in the hand. The left leg is held between thumb and forefinger, swabbed with 70% ETOH, and a small prick is made with a sterile hypodermic needle just distal of the elbow joint. The resulting droplet of blood is collected with an autoclaved chad of chromatography paper held by forceps, as shown. Bleeding is usually stopped following absorption. The bird is then released and the sample-containing paper is placed in a sterile 1.5 ml centrifuge tube for isolation of genomic DNA as described in the text. With experience the entire sampling procedure can be completed in a matter of seconds.