Science & Justice
Volume 48, Issue 2 , Pages 76-78 , June 2008

Identification of shed or plucked origin of Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) tail feathers: Preliminary findings

  • Vivek Sahajpal
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  • S.P. Goyal

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Wildlife Forensic Laboratory, Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, P.O. Box 18, Dehradun 248001, Uttrakhand, India. Tel.: +91 135 2640111x115; fax: +91 135 2640117.

Received 1 May 2007 ,Revised 27 July 2007 ,Accepted 10 August 2007.

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  5. James SH. In: Scientific and Legal Applications of Bloodstain Pattern Interpretation. Boca Raton, U.S.A.: CRC Press; 1999;p. 51–52

PII: S1355-0306(07)00065-2

doi: 10.1016/j.scijus.2007.08.002

Science & Justice
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