| Patuxent Science Meeting 2006 Poster Abstract |
| | Hair identification: Applications and cooperative efforts |
| | Peurach SC |
| | The identification of mammalian hair has many applications within the scientific community, the |
| | military, and in commerce. The USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center's Biological Survey |
| | Unit, stationed within the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, performs |
| | identifications of mammalian remains, including the microscopic identification of hair. Cases |
| | are submitted primarily by the United States Air Force and the Federal Aviation Administration |
| | in the form of aircraft strike evidence. Cases are also submitted regarding the identification of |
| | mammalian hair from textiles, burial bundles and other artifacts from the Smithsonian |
| | Institution, Department of Anthropology, remains from military runways and grounds collected |
| | by the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service |
| | (USDA/APHIS), food contaminants from the National Food Processors Association, and items |
| | such as scat, owl pellets, and stomach contents received from the general public, educational |
| | Friday, September 22, 2006 |