From owner-drosophila@net.bio.net Wed Oct 05 23:00:00 1994
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From: 5764ottoj@vms.csd.mu.edu (Jeff Otto)
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Subject: Re: Anesthetic?
Date: 6 Oct 1994 20:43:23 GMT
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In article <01HHYN56CE768WW4VP@INVERMAY.CRI.NZ>, FidlerA@agresearch.cri.nz ("Fidler, Andrew") writes:
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>Can anyone out there suggest an alternative Drosophila anesthetic to diethyl 
>ether that might be more suitable (i.e. safer)  for use in a classroom 
>setting?

Two alternatives come to mind:
CO2 
Ice - just place your vials on a bucket of ice, and in a few minutes
the flies are anethesized - not necessarily good if activation of the
heat shock response will interfere with your experiment, but otherwise
simple and effective
Jeff

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