Table 1.
Time after euthanasia | In carcass | On ice* | *At room temperature |
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0 h | 23 ± 18 | 25 ± 26 | 26 ± 19 |
0.5 h | 28 ± 13 | 22 ± 13 | 27 ± 12 |
1.0 h | 31 ± 3 | 32 ± 19 | 31 ± 9 |
1.5 h | 27 ± 6 | 47 ± 9 | 30 ± 11 |
2.0 h | 26 ± 7 | 18 ± 9 | 28 ± 14 |
2.5 h | 26 ± 9 | 23 ± 12 | 25 ± 16 |
*Tissue was submerged in Ham's F-10 medium in a 15 mL tissue culture tube which was placed on ice or at room temperature. Values are mean ± standard deviation (n = 2 mice at each time point). There was no significant difference in motility between the three testing conditions at each time point.