Table 2.
Histology and Histopathology Schedule.
| Group | Number of animals | Scheduled euthanasia day | Necropsy procedures |
Histology (preparation of tissue slides) | Histopathology (evaluation of tissue slides by board-certified pathologist) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Necropsy | Tissue collection | |||||
| 1 | 4 | 2 | X | X | Injection site(s) | Injection site(s) |
| 2 | 4 | Injection site(s) | Injection site(s) | |||
| 3 | 4 | Injection site(s) | Injection site(s) | |||
| 1 | 4 | 4 | X | X | Injection site(s) | Injection site(s) |
| 2 | 4 | Injection site(s) | Injection site(s) | |||
| 3 | 4 | Injection site(s) | Injection site(s) | |||
| 1 | 4 | 8 | X | X | Injection site(s) | Injection site(s) |
| 2 | 4 | Injection site(s) | Injection site(s) | |||
| 3 | 4 | Injection site(s) | Injection site(s) | |||
| 1 | 4 | 10 | X | X | Injection site(s) | Injection site(s) |
| 2 | 4 | Injection site(s) | Injection site(s) | |||
| 3 | 4 | Injection site(s) | Injection site(s) | |||
| 1 | 4 | 15 | X | X | Injection site(s) | Injection site(s) |
| 2 | 4 | Injection site(s) | Injection site(s) | |||
| 3 | 4 | Injection site(s) | Injection site(s) | |||
| 1 | 4 | 17 | X | X | Injection site(s) | Injection site(s) |
| 2 | 4 | Injection site(s) | Injection site(s) | |||
| 3 | 4 | Injection site(s) | Injection site(s) | |||