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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_4706_25963182.1204290393086 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline I bring wild pellets with me to the Grade 5 class in Pomquet, Ant. Co. every year. That class reads *Owls in the Family* and each student does a small research project on owls before I do my presentation. I have the advantage of working with folks who know about pathogens and they autoclave my pellets for me (autoclaving is one reliable method of sterilizing stuff). I have heard, though I don't know how much of this is/was true, that a lot of these pellets come from Barn Owls, as far north as BC's temperate SW. It has been told amongst us fligh-by-night biologists that the people that sell to the companies that market pellets for school use, convince land owners to not let biologists have access to the owls/pellets. I will ask around about the truth to this. As for Peter's original request...perhaps a wildlife rehabilitation centre would be the place to start? You'd still need to sterilize them though...perhaps contact someone at a university, hospital or research centre...for educational purposes, they may just do this for you. On 28/02/2008, Ulli Hoeger <uhoeger@dal.ca> wrote: > > I know that you can buy sterilized ones from science supply stores. > Sterilized is a good point, because due to the nature of things > pellets may contain pathogenic material, and some of the viruses > connected to rodents can be quite nasty. > We dissected pellets in University and it is still done with certain > precautions. However, elementary school kids may be a different > story. > Other folks here may correct me on this. Randy? > > Ulli > Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_4706_25963182.1204290393086 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>I bring wild pellets with me to the Grade 5 class in Pomquet, Ant. Co. every year. That class reads <em>Owls in the Family</em> and each student does a small research project on owls before I do my presentation. I have the advantage of working with folks who know about pathogens and they autoclave my pellets for me (autoclaving is one reliable method of sterilizing stuff).</div> <div> </div> <div>I have heard, though I don't know how much of this is/was true, that a lot of these pellets come from Barn Owls, as far north as BC's temperate SW. It has been told amongst us fligh-by-night biologists that the people that sell to the companies that market pellets for school use, convince land owners to not let biologists have access to the owls/pellets. I will ask around about the truth to this.</div> <div> </div> <div>As for Peter's original request...perhaps a wildlife rehabilitation centre would be the place to start? You'd still need to sterilize them though...perhaps contact someone at a university, hospital or research centre...for educational purposes, they may just do this for you.<br> <br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 28/02/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ulli Hoeger</b> <uhoeger@dal.ca> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I know that you can buy sterilized ones from science supply stores.<br>Sterilized is a good point, because due to the nature of things<br> pellets may contain pathogenic material, and some of the viruses<br>connected to rodents can be quite nasty.<br>We dissected pellets in University and it is still done with certain<br>precautions. However, elementary school kids may be a different<br> story.<br>Other folks here may correct me on this. Randy?<br><br>Ulli<br></blockquote></div><br><br>Randy<br>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_4706_25963182.1204290393086--
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