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all,</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white">We
want to implement an Integrated Pest Management Program for our vertebrate
collections, and use safer alternatives to pesticides.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white">What
would be the best way to treat bird and mammal skins and skeletons when they
return to your institution after having been on loan? I have been using
freezing, but I am afraid it can affect the specimens in the long term
(especially those that are loaned at least once a year).</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white">Thank
you all in advance,</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white">Mireia</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div>Mireia Beas Moix</div><div>Vertebrate Curatorial Assistant</div><div>Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration</div>
<div>University of California</div><div>Harder South, Rm 1009</div><div>Santa Barbara, CA 93106</div><div><br></div><a href="mailto:beas-moix@ccber.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">beas-moix@ccber.ucsb.edu</a>
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