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Continuing the hijack…Do you guys say “sacc’ed”? Our animal facility staff were taught to always say euthanized but that was tough when all the research lab techs went with sacc’ed. I thought “sacrificed” was an accepted term but for whatever reason our director didn’t like it.
What do you use for carcass disposal? We were considering a tissue digestor but were currently sending waste out.
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We used “sac’ed” or “euth” interchangably. When training new students I use “kill” to hammer in how serious this is. The department head isn’t happy with it, but I had him watch me with a 16 year old boy. The kid’s enthusiasm about “dealing death” to mice made him realise that blunt language may be necessary. (I was also trying to get the sick little fucker out of the lab.)
We are tranistioning to a tissue digestor. I hear that its the “latest thing” :rolleyes:. Right now, bodies are autoclaved and taken to the dump. Some carcasses are given to the local raptor rehabilitation center, but they have to be very, very “clean” - no chemicals, genetic manipulations, etc.
