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Bowers Field Wildlife Hazard Management Plan <br /> bags. Indicate the location on aircraft from which each sample came (i.e., <br /> windshield, radome, etc.) on the bag. Please send whole feathers (tip and <br /> base) whenever possible as diagnostic characteristics are often found in <br /> the downy barbules at the feather base. Wings, as well as breast and tail <br /> feathers, should be sent whenever possible. Beaks,feet, bones, and talons <br /> are also useful diagnostic materials. Even blood smears can provide <br /> material for DNA analysis. Do not send entire bird carcasses through the <br /> mail. However,photographs of the carcasses can be very useful <br /> supplemental documentation. <br /> If sending fresh blood/tissue samples frequently for DNA identification, <br /> consider getting Whatman FTA®DNA cards. The material is sampled <br /> with a sterile applicator and placed onto the surface of the card that <br /> 'fixes"the DNA in the sample. For more information about ordering <br /> these items, contact the Feather Lab. Otherwise, if you only occasionally <br /> send blood/tissue samples, consider using a paper towel soaked with <br /> alcohol or an alcohol wipe to collect this type of material. Ethanol is the <br /> preferred type of alcohol. <br /> For Material Sent via Express Mail Service: <br /> Feather Identification Lab Smithsonian Institution <br /> NHB, E600, MRC 116 <br /> 1Oth & Constitution Ave NW <br /> Washington DC 20560-0116 <br /> (This can be identified as "safety investigation material".) <br /> For Material Sent via US Postal Service: <br /> Feather Identification Lab Smithsonian Institution <br /> PO Box 37012 <br /> NHB, E600, MRC 116 <br /> Washington DC 20013-7012 <br /> 7-6 <br /> 31 December 2024 <br />