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Hair Analysis of Mammals of Brazilian Wildlife for Forensic Purposes

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ID Minciencias: ART-0000636207-114
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Abstract:

Wildlife trafficking is classified as the fourth largest illegal commerce in the world. Taxonomic identification of wildlife is an ordinary process for forensics experts. The aim of this study was to analyze animal's hair from Brazilian's wildlife through microscopic and compare morphology of bristle among species analyzed. Hair samples of nine species were analyzed. Glass slides were analyzed through optical microscopy and following measurements were obtained: total length, medulla diameter, overall diameter and overall ratio diameter of the medulla's diameter. The images obtained at identification of animals through the morphology of hair and the statistics analysis corroborates in favor for the validation of the technique.

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Identification and Quantification in Food

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Información de la Fuente:

FuenteOpen Journal of Animal Sciences
Cuartil año de publicaciónNo disponible
Volumen08
Issue03
Páginas335 - 345
pISSNNo disponible
ISSN2161-7627

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Minciencias IDART-0000636207-114Scienti ID0000636207-114Open_access URLhttp://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperDownload.aspx?paperID=86184
Openalex URLhttps://openalex.org/W2883129267Doi URLhttps://doi.org/10.4236/ojas.2018.83025
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