Contingency Plan for Hawaiian Monk Seal Unusual Mortality Events
Contingency Plan for Hawaiian Monk Seal Unusual Mortality Events
Contingency Plan for Hawaiian Monk Seal Unusual Mortality Events
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5. Tissues that have been properly fixed may be transported without FM. For those specimens which are<br />
too large to be transported in secondary containers (e.g., GIT specimens in 5 gallon buckets), FM MUST<br />
be drained be<strong>for</strong>e transport. The used FM can be drained into carboys which should be clearly labeled with<br />
both the specimen number and bucket number from which it was derived. Field camp leaders are<br />
responsible <strong>for</strong> ensuring that the specimens are refilled with the used FM upon return to Honolulu.<br />
All buckets containing specimens should be clearly labeled with the following:<br />
Keep Upright<br />
Sample type (i.e., scats, spews, necropsy tissue)<br />
Preservation Method (e.g. 10% buffered <strong>for</strong>malin, polyvinyl alcohol)<br />
Island/Year<br />
Appropriate HazMat stickers<br />
Caution - hazardous/infectious material (if applicable)<br />
IV. REFERENCES<br />
Dierauf, L.A. 1994. Pinniped <strong>for</strong>ensic, necropsy, and tissue collection guide. U.S. Dept. of Commer.,<br />
NOAA Tech Memo. NMFS-OPR-94-3, 80p.<br />
Geraci, J.R., and V. J. Lounsbury. 1993. Marine Mammals Ashore: A field guide <strong>for</strong> strandings. Texas<br />
A&M University Sea Grant College Program, Galveston, Texas, 305 p.<br />
Winchell, J.M. 1990. Field manual <strong>for</strong> phocid necropsies (specifically Monachus schauinslandi). U.S.<br />
Dept. of Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SWFC-146, 55 p.
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