Greetings, Service dogs are expensive, so that means the owner will take all efforts to keep the dog healthy and free of fleas and other pests. The only major concern in my mind would be dog hair being passively shed, which would be food for certain pests like carpet beetles. But employees with ordinary pets at home will be bringing in dog and cat hair on their clothing anyway. Sticky mats at collections storage entrances could cause problems for the dog's feet, so those would need to be removed if you use any. From an IPM standpoint, the mitigation step would be keeping up and perhaps increasing routine custodial activities.
Thank you, Michael R. On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 9:39 AM Kristen Newman <transcribehist...@outlook.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I am reaching out for some advice on integrating an employee who depends on a > medically necessary trained service dog within their objects / archives > collections. What would be the top concerns you would have from an IPM > standpoint regarding having a service dog in areas where artifacts and > archival materials are stored and worked with (within the collection/archive > itself, within office areas or library near the collection, etc.) and how > would you mitigate them? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAKMK8iEn4bzx2q18R%2B1n5zdV6WRLo7H75%2BvQACeytui%2BKriqvA%40mail.gmail.com.
