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    Plastinated macroparasites, an alternative resource for use in practical lessons
    (2019-12) Ruiz de Ybáñez Carnero, María del Rocío; Ortiz Sánchez, Juana; Latorre Reviriego, Rafael Manuel; López Albors, Octavio Miguel; Gonzálvez Juan, Moisés; Sanidad Animal
    The plastination technique is a recently developed option to preserve biological tissues widely used in human and veterinary anatomy. This process allows one to obtain real, safe, clean, dry, resistant and permanently stable material without any additional treatment or maintenance. All these advantages are associated with the rapid expansion of plastination during recent decades in a high number of educational institutions. However, the studies of parasite conservation through plastination are scarce, although the material obtained has a high quality, as prior references have shown. In this study, 141 students of veterinary medicine and pharmacy university degrees used, in a blind study, plastinated specimens (experimental group) or wet specimens (control group) during three consecutive practical sessions. Afterwards all the students completed anonymous questionnaires on both knowledge and satisfaction. The results demonstrated that plastinated parasites are a valid and satisfactory alternative to be used as a teaching/learning tool during practical lessons. Moreover, with regard to the knowledge of morphological structures, the results from the questionnaire of assimilated knowledge showed no differences between the use of plastinated and formaldehyde-preserved parasites
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    Preservation of macroparasite species via classic plastination: an evaluation
    (Parazitologický ústav AVČR, 2018-12-19) Ortiz Sánchez, Juana; Navarro, María; Latorre Reviriego, Rafael Manuel; Gonzálvez Juan, Moisés; Sanidad Animal
    Plastination is a preservation method for biological specimens, with important advantages over classic conservation tech niques with formaldehyde or alcohol. Plastinated specimens are dry, odourless, and free of carcinogenic and toxic solutions. There are only few references about the plastination of parasites. Moreover, there is no information on the effect of plastination on the morphology and morphometry of these animals. The aim of this study was to define a plastination protocol to preserve various species of parasites, namely the nematodes Parascaris equorum (Goeze, 1782); Ascaris suum Goeze, 1782 and Dirofilaria immitis (Leidy, 1856); the acanthecephalan Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus (Pallas, 1781); the trematodes Fasciola hepatica Linnaeus, 1758 and Dicrocoelium dendriticum (Rudolphi, 1819) and the tapeworm Taenia sp. in the best morphological and morphometric conditions. Results showed that some individuals suffered collapse (P. equorum, A. suum, and D. dendriticum). However, other parasites presented good results with almost no change after plastination (D. immitis, M. hirudinaceus and F. hepatica). In conclusion, conventional plastination allowed anatomical preservation of all helminths tested, but modifications to the protocol are needed to prevent collapse.