The purpose of a forensic veterinary examination is to use the entire range of knowledge and special research methods to solve specific problems of examination. The organoleptic and chemical fat indicators are used to identify and determine the species of animals during forensic-veterinary (biological, zoological) and veterinary-sanitary examination. The material for the study was the subcutaneous and cavernous fat of the Amur tiger males, in which the amount of fatty acids was determined by gas chromatography. The analysis of the obtained results was carried out in comparison with the literature data on the study of fat from other animals and it was found that the acid composition of the Amur tiger fat differed from that in some animals of the region. For the first time the conducted studies allowed to determine the chemical properties of the Amur tiger fat in order to establish the species during the forensic and veterinary examination. The fat of the Amur tiger was dominated by palmitic, stearic and oleic fatty acids with a low content of polyunsaturated fatty acids, which distinguished it from the fat of other animals of Primorsky Krai.

Lyubchenko Elena N., Korotkova Irina P., Kozhushko Aleksandr A., Zhilin Ruslan A., Kapralov Dmitry V.

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