biologyscienceТимирязевский биологический журналTimiryazev Biological Journal2949-4710ФГБОУ ВО РГАУ-МСХА имени К.А. Тимирязева (ФГБОУ ВО РГАУ-МСХА имени К.А. Тимирязева)10.26897/2949-4710-2025-3-4-1-01biologyscience-280Research Article1 - БИОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ РЕСУРСЫ, ЭКОЛОГИЯ1 - BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, ECOLOGYМикроморфологические исследования скелетной мышечной ткани у диких промысловых животных при проведении судебной биологической экспертизыMicromorphological studies of skeletal muscle tissue in wild game animals during biological forensicsДонковаНаталья ВладимировнаDonkovaNatalya V.

Наталья Владимировна Донкова, доктор ветеринарных наук, профессор, заведующий кафедрой анатомии, патологической анатомии и хирургии, Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Красноярский государственный аграрный университет»

Natalya V. Donkova, DSc (Vet), Professor, Head of the Department of Anatomy, Pathological Anatomy and Surgery, Krasnoyarsk State Agricultural University

dnv-23@mail.ruЛебедеваТатьяна СергеевнаLebedevaTatyana S.

Татьяна Сергеевна Лебедева, канд. юрид. наук, доцент кафедры экономической безопасности и права, ФГБОУ ВО «Российский государственный аграрный университет – МСХА имени К.А. Тимирязева»

Tatyana S. Lebedeva, СSc (Jur), Associate Professor at the Department of Economic Security and Law, Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy

donkov5@mail.ruМенчиковаИрина ЭдуардовнаMenchikovaIrina. E.

Ирина Эдуардовна Менчикова, аспирант, ассистент кафедры анатомии, патологической анатомии и хирургии, Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Красноярский государственный аграрный университет»

Irina E. Menchikova, postgraduate student, Assistant at the Department of Anatomy, Pathological Anatomy and Surgery, Krasnoyarsk State Agricultural University

menchikova.79@mail.ruКрасноярский государственный аграрный университетРоссияKrasnoyarsk State Agricultural UniversityRussian FederationРоссийский государственный аграрный университет – МСХА имени К.А. ТимирязеваРоссияRussian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural AcademyRussian Federation20252204202634101101Copyright © Донкова Н.В., Лебедева Т.С., Менчикова И.Э., 20262026Донкова Н.В., Лебедева Т.С., Менчикова И.Э.Donkova N.V., Lebedeva T.S., Menchikova I.E.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://www.bioscience-journal.com/jour/article/view/280

В статье приведены результаты судебного биологического экспертного исследования скелетной мышечной ткани у диких промысловых животных (марала, лося, северного оленя и косули сибирской), проведенного авторами методом сравнительной микроморфологии в рамках уголовных дел о незаконной охоте (ст. 258 УК РФ) в Назаровском, Ужурском, Уярском районах Красноярского края. Микроструктурные исследования являются одним из доказательных методов определения видовой принадлежности животных наряду с анатомо-топографическими, органолептическими, физико-химическими, иммунологическими и генетическими методами исследования. Целью работы стало выявление микроструктурных особенностей скелетных мышечных тканей у диких промысловых животных для установления их видовой и возрастной принадлежности. Установлено, что к микроструктурным особенностям скелетных мышечных тканей средней ягодичной мышцы у диких промысловых животных относятся показатели соотношения мышечных и соединительных тканей, наличие или отсутствие в межмышечных пространствах жировых клеток, размеры мышечных волокон, количество и площадь ядер на единицу площади мышечного волокна.

This article presents the results of a forensic biological examination of skeletal muscle tissue from wild game animals (maral, elk, reindeer, and Siberian roe deer), conducted using comparative micromorphology within criminal cases concerning illegal hunting (Article 258 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) in the Nazarovsky, Uzhursky, and Uyarsky districts of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Microstructural studies represent one of the probative methods for species identification of animals, alongside anatomical-topographical, organoleptic, physicochemical, immunological, and genetic research methods. The aim of this study was to identify the microstructural features of skeletal muscle tissues in wild game animals for the purpose of establishing their species and age identification. It was determined that the microstructural features of the gluteus medius muscle tissue in wild game animals include the ratio of muscle to connective tissues, the presence or absence of fat cells in intermuscular spaces, the size of muscle fibers, and the number and area of nuclei per unit area of muscle fiber.

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