[Nhcoll-l] Antw: Mould on bird eggs

[Callomon,Paul]

Just a note to add to Simon's good advice: birds' eggs are one of the few things other than mollusk shells that are susceptible to Bynesian decay ("Byne's Disease") in collection environments. The basics are in this paper:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267271211_A_grand_scale_rehousing_the_mollusk_collection_at_the_Academy_of_Natural_Sciences
The conventional treatments using water and drying work well over time:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/381918803_The_Long-Term_Efficacy_of_Conventional_Treatments_for_Bynesian_Decay


Paul Callomon
Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia
callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170