Identification of furs of domestic dog , raccoon dog , rabbit and domestic cat by hair analysis using MALDI – ToF mass spectrometry
Identification of furs of domestic dog , raccoon dog , rabbit and domestic cat by hair analysis using MALDI – ToF mass spectrometry
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使用 MALDI – ToF 质谱法进行毛发分析来鉴定家犬、貉、兔和家猫的皮毛
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2007
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Elmar Heinzlea
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K. Hollemeyer;Wolfgang Altmeyerb;Elmar Heinzlea
For several years now, within the EU and the US trade markets there has been intense discussion concerning the retail trade in furs of domestic dog, raccoon dog and cat. Depending on the point of view, and because of a lack of area-wide investigations, quite different numbers are quoted in respect of this non-transparent trade. Animal protection organisations assume that millions of furs of domestic dogs, raccoon dogs and cats are being imported, mainly from Asian countries into the US and the EU markets, where they are sold as made-up garment articles. However, on the other hand, some national governments do not see any need for action because there is no reliable data supporting such an assumed trade. Some countries already have regulations, including USA, Italy, France and Belgium. Trading of such furs is difficult to monitor because of the lack of reliable methods for the unambiguous identification of furs from domestic dogs, raccoon dogs and cats, especially if they are chemically defatted, bleached and/ or dyed. So far, although most experts don’t doubt the significant existence of such a trade, too little is known about its volume. It is also without doubt that, at least as far as the domestic dog and cat fur trade is concerned, consumers do not wish to purchase such garments under any circumstances; in addition, the raccoon dog fur trade increasingly angers more and more consumers. Non-labelling or misleading declarations of products partly or completely made of domestic dog, raccoon dog and cat furs is helping to mislead consumers and must be judged as fraudulent (see, for example, Figure 1). A new variety of this fraudulent trade is that of the selling of real fur as faux fur, which is mainly made from raccoon dogs. Synthetic pelt is quite in fashion at the moment and it seems that buying real fur is cheaper for the retail market than synthetics. As a consequence of this the US Congress has appealed to also ban the trade with raccoon dog furs in the USA. In Europe the EU commission has been asked to construct legal regulations to overcome local legal requirements that contradict the public spirit of the EU and partly hinder the free exchange of goods. Postulated regulations also have to contain reliable methods in order to monitor effectively any planned ban. In autumn 2003 we therefore introduced our SIAM method (Species Identification of Animals MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry) to the EU commission; this is an analytical method suitable for recognising the origin of feathers, down and hair with high confidence by mass spectrometry. In November 2006 the EU commission made a proposal for the ban of the domestic dog and cat fur trade within the EU market. As an alternative to microscopic and principal component regression (PCR) methods, the SIAM method developed in