Morphological study on hairs from mammalian predators in Bulgaria

Abstract. The morphological characteristics of the hairs can be used for species identification in ecological and zoological studies, in forensic and forensic veterinary examinations. Large-scale hairs model is one of the important identification features and can be used as a “fingerprint”. In thi...

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Main Authors: R. Mihaylov, K. Kirilov2
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Trakia University. Faculty of Agriculture, Stara Zagora 2022-06-01
Series:Agricultural Science and Technology
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Online Access:https://agriscitech.eu/morphological-study-on-hairs-from-mammalian-predators-in-bulgaria/
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description Abstract. The morphological characteristics of the hairs can be used for species identification in ecological and zoological studies, in forensic and forensic veterinary examinations. Large-scale hairs model is one of the important identification features and can be used as a “fingerprint”. In this study the morphological hairs characteristics of nine Bulgarian carnivore mammals were investigated. The values for the length, total hairs diameter, medullary diameter and medullary index were determined. The combined use of hairs parameters and the medullary index (MI) are a guarantee of greater reliability in species identification. For comparison, we observed under a microscope hairs fixed by transparent tape in order to offer a quick test for species identification.
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spelling doaj.art-ad8d332bc3934e43bdb06f6c4194b6bb2023-06-28T12:25:51ZengTrakia University. Faculty of Agriculture, Stara ZagoraAgricultural Science and Technology1313-88201314-412X2022-06-0114210210710.15547/ast.2022.02.025Morphological study on hairs from mammalian predators in BulgariaR. MihaylovK. Kirilov2Abstract. The morphological characteristics of the hairs can be used for species identification in ecological and zoological studies, in forensic and forensic veterinary examinations. Large-scale hairs model is one of the important identification features and can be used as a “fingerprint”. In this study the morphological hairs characteristics of nine Bulgarian carnivore mammals were investigated. The values for the length, total hairs diameter, medullary diameter and medullary index were determined. The combined use of hairs parameters and the medullary index (MI) are a guarantee of greater reliability in species identification. For comparison, we observed under a microscope hairs fixed by transparent tape in order to offer a quick test for species identification.https://agriscitech.eu/morphological-study-on-hairs-from-mammalian-predators-in-bulgaria/brown bearcanis aureusvulpes vulpesmeles meleshairs
spellingShingle R. Mihaylov
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Morphological study on hairs from mammalian predators in Bulgaria
Agricultural Science and Technology
brown bear
canis aureus
vulpes vulpes
meles meles
hairs
title Morphological study on hairs from mammalian predators in Bulgaria
title_full Morphological study on hairs from mammalian predators in Bulgaria
title_fullStr Morphological study on hairs from mammalian predators in Bulgaria
title_full_unstemmed Morphological study on hairs from mammalian predators in Bulgaria
title_short Morphological study on hairs from mammalian predators in Bulgaria
title_sort morphological study on hairs from mammalian predators in bulgaria
topic brown bear
canis aureus
vulpes vulpes
meles meles
hairs
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