Days postmortem interval #of outgrowth positive / total explantsadhered$   Goat1 ID:5025 Goat2 ID:1614 Goat3 ID:1629 Goat4 ID:1636 Total %outgrowth 00 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 40/40 100 10 06/06 10/10 09/09 09/09 34/34 100 20 10/10 09/09 10/10 08/08 37/37 100 30 10/10 09/09 09/09 08/08 36/36 100 40 10/10 09/09 10/10 05/05 34/34 100 50 10/10 10/10 05/05 08/10 33/35 94 60 10/10 09/09 10/10 05/05 34/34 100 70 09/09 10/10 10/10 10/10 39/39 100 80 * 10/10 10/10 05/05 25/25 100 90 10/10 10/10 * * 20/20 100 100 n/d 09/09 * * 09/09 100 110 n/d 10/10 * * 10/10 100 120 n/d 04/10 * * 04/10 40 130 n/d 03/05 * * 03/05 60 140 n/d n/d * 05/05 05/05 100 150 n/d n/d n/d 10/10 10/10 100 160 n/d n/d n/d 10/10 10/10 100 Total 85/85 122/130 83/83 83/95 383/393 97.46

Note: n/d, not done; *Both dishes were fungal contaminated during culture and thus removed from the study; $In our experience we never observed outgrowth around tissues that did not adhere to the dish surface.

Table 1: Outgrowth of fibroblast-like cells around skin explants after different days of postmortem storage in refrigerated media.