[Nhcoll-l] Skulls and cleaning

[Sergio Montagud]

Hi all,

We have a series of skulls from mammals and birds obtained directly from nature and all of them maintain remains of dry skin that are very difficult to remove.

We have try it with enzimatic digestion (using the Enzym Med 4 - 3%) and worked well with the bird skulls, but mammals are very strong to this mix. We can macerate them boiling in water, as usual, but it's a very complicate now in our lab and skulls aren't particularly interesting.

Can anyone recommend something useful (and easy) to remove this skin in a usual protocol? Some chemical product, maybe?

Thanks in advance!

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Sergio Montagud Alario
Museu [UV] Història Natural
Universitat de València
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