Techniques for blood collection from the rat include puncture of the heart, retro-orbital plexus, jugular vein, saphenous vein ... the bottom of the collection tube. Liquid anticoagulant should ...
Blood sampling ... the jugular vein. The jugular vein is typically located by counting nine ventral scales cranial to the heart 2. The sample is collected by blindly inserting the needle.
If a medical professional has ever had a hard time getting a needle ... the veins and arteries beneath it in three dimensions. This allows medical professionals to find exactly the blood vessel ...