Post mortem procedure to evaluate the III segment in reproduction toxicology study (rats teratology).Post mortem procedure to evaluate the III segment in reproduction toxicology study (rats teratology)

The aim of this work was to describe the methods and technical for sacrifice the mothers and to evaluate the possible toxic effect on the fetuses. We kept in mind the local, required personnel, previous condition, equipment, dissection procedure, variables analyzed, sexing of the fetuses, fetuses weight, technique for the tint with alizarin of the rat fetuses and evaluation of the rat fetuses fixed in Bouin. We think that this work is useful for the journal readers as well as for the scientific community in general