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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi Vicky,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I’m at the University of Connecticut and we have put a hiatus on our salvage solicitation from community members. We’re probably using an overabundance of caution, but I train students to create study skins
using salvaged birds (and mammals), so we are being especially careful. We have a diagnostic lab on campus that will test our 2021-present collected birds before we release them to students to prep. Let me know if you want more details of have any questions,
I’m happy to help!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Onwards to glory,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Erin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Curator | Collections Manager | Engagement Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">University of Connecticut<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">75 North Eagleville Road, Unit 3043<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.erinkuprewicz.com/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://www.erinkuprewicz.com</span></a>
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</span></b><span style="color:black">Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Zhuang, Mingna <mzhuang@utep.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>NHCOLL-new <nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Nhcoll-l] bird salvage programs and HPAI in US<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">HI everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I haven't seen this discussed here, but for those of you that have bird salvage programs with your local communities, do you have your programs open? Open with precautions? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We closed ours last year because we didn't want to encourage people to touch dead birds out of caution since HPAI transmission was ticking upwards. It does seem on the downward trend, but I wanted to get a sense
of what other collections might be doing. It seems our local rehabilitators are using gloves to handle birds as the biggest preventative measure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424;background:white">Vicky (Mingna) Zhuang PhD.</span><span style="color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424;background:white">Biodiversity Collections Manager</span><span style="color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424;background:white">UTEP Biodiversity Collections</span><span style="color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424;background:white">B209 Biology Building</span><span style="color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424;background:white">University of Texas at El Paso</span><span style="color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424;background:white">500 W University Avenue</span><span style="color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424;background:white">El Paso, TX 79968</span><span style="color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424;background:white">phone: 915-747-5479</span><span style="color:black"><br>
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