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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi Ingrid<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Unblown eggs probably do not represent a real pest risk, given the attractive matter is on the interior. The grease on the exterior is unsaturated fats (otherwise
they would not have migrated out). These can be removed by wiping the exterior with 95% undenatured ethanol.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I doubt that the broken eggs exploded – it seems much more likely to have been the result of pre-collection predator damage or post collection mechanical damage.
Either way, ethanol would dry the contents to make it less attractive to insects. If these will not be display, avoid the treatment and simply put them in closed containers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Another thing to keep in mind is that if the broken eggs have never attracted pests in the past, there may be a reason for that – i.e., they may have been treated
with something that leaves a long-lived residue. Handle with care.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ingrid Rochon<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 01, 2014 7:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Un-Blown Eggs in Collection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We are currently re-housing our egg and nest collection in preparation for a move to a new storage facility, and have encountered quite a few sets of un-blown eggs - these
have no holes, are heavy with dried yolk matter, and have a greasy, tacky surface. Amazingly, after 50 years or more in storage, they haven't exploded! We also have several broken eggs with dried, greasy yolk matter adherent to the eggshell. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Ideally we would like to clean these specimens and remove excess grease and organic manner that will be attractive to pests... but we're not sure what the best treatment might
be, and our literature search hasn't turned up many similar cases to ours. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Does anyone know of a way to clean and salvage un-blown eggs? Any advice would be appreciated. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Ingrid Rochon and Janet Gillette<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666">Ingrid Rochon</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666">Collections Intern/GWU Graduate Student</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666">Museum of Northern Arizona</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666"><a href="mailto:ingrid.rochon@gmail.com">ingrid.rochon@gmail.com</a> </span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray">Janet Whitmore Gillette</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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