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Extended Surface Area Roller Bottle (ESRB) (Bibby Sterilin Ltd). This polystyrene bottle has a ribbed or corrugated surface, doubling the surface area of the SSO-cm flask to 1700 cm. ... 

Fecal material from captive rabbits and foxes was collected within one hour of excretion and frozen until required. Rabbits were maintained on a standard laboratory rabbit diet (Economy Rabbit Diet Special Diet Services Witham, Essex, UK). Foxes were maintained on a diet of rodents, chicks and rabbits. Approximately Ig of fecal material was defrosted on ice as required and smeared onto a 2cm piece of plastic-backed card (BenchGuard Bibby Sterilin Ltd, Staffs, UK) which was placed in nest boxes during trials. Distilled water was used as a non-odor control and was presented as lOOpl spots of distilled water on a 2cm piece of BenchGuard. 

Quickfit glassware. Quickfit is a registered trademark of Bibby Sterilin Ltd. 

Using a Pasteur pipette, dispense approximately 1.5 ml aliquots into sterile ampoules (biofreeze vials, Fig. 7.5). These may be blue spot or yellow band, easy snap glass ampoules (Epsom Glass Industries Ltd.) but plastic vials (Nunc, Costar or Sterilin) are now more common. The round bottom vials are difficult to work with and the standard flat bottom vials are very fiddly. Bibby Science Products (Appendix 3) supply a cryogenic work station... 

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