[Nhcoll-l] Diseases from taxidermy specimens?

[Lynn Hanson]

Hello All:

This may be a random question, but is it possible to get diseases from old, taxidermy specimens?  One of my staff has queried this, and I can’t answer it.  Her question is if the animal had anthrax or something like that when it died and was made into a taxidermied specimen, could the anthrax spores still be viable?

This is what I get for being an archaeologist overseeing natural history collections.

Thank you,

Lynn

Lynn M. Hanson, M.A.
Vice President, Collections & Research
Executive, Boonshoft Museum of Discovery Springfield

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