Methods of preserving small animals useful to high school biology teachers

Abstract

Scope of study: Since, in the past, there has been a lack of emphasis on science, high school biology seems to have become strictly a text book course. This has been true, especially, in the smaller high schools, where teaching aids in the form of preserved materials have dwindled to none, or perhaps there never were any. This report involves the methods of preserving biological specimen, which can be used by the biology teacher to augment the supply of preserved materials in the department. It deals with the methods of preparing preserved specimen of small mammals, bird, amphibians, reptiles and fish. It cautious against the handling of rodents and lagomorphs which may be carriers of plague, tularemia, and relapsing fever, and gives directions for the treatment of bites inflicted by these animals.

Use of the Study: To act as a guide to aid in the relatively inexpensive preparation of preserved specimen for the biology class.