Injuries Associated with Physical Agents
10 Injuries Associated with Physical Agents Hyperthermia/heat stroke Heat stroke is a result of exposure to a hot environment where the normal physiological mechanisms, used to maintain the core body…
Estimation of Time since Death
13 Estimation of Time since Death Introduction The ‘time since death’, or post-mortem interval, is the time that has elapsed between the death of an animal and the discovery of…
Sexual Abuse of Animals
14 Sexual Abuse of Animals Introduction For thousands of years, the use of animals for sexual purposes has been recorded in many societies around the world.1,2 Such activity has by…
Non-Accidental Injury
3 Non-Accidental Injury Introduction Synonyms: physical abuse; NAI; ‘battered pet syndrome’ Most injuries to animals are accidental and have no darker connotations. Nevertheless, many veterinarians are presented at some point…
Introduction
1 Introduction ‘They [pathologists] form, of course, the supreme court of diagnosis’ (Dr Theodore Dalrymple, 20011) Forensic veterinary pathology is defined as the application of knowledge of veterinary pathology to…
Forensic Examination and Report Writing
4 Forensic Examination and Report Writing The locus In the context of forensic investigation, the ‘locus’ is the term used to describe the site or scene where the event occurred….
Fundamentals of Animal Abuse
2 Fundamentals of Animal Abuse Classification of abuse Confusion frequently surrounds the words ‘animal abuse’, because they are used to encompass a great variety of circumstances. In addition, other terms,…
Hematology Diagnosis
(1) Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC, USA Abstract The three diagnosis chapters—Hematology, Clinical Chemistry, and Urinalysis—are intended to be the most informative…
Clinical Chemistry
(1) Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC, USA Abstract The three diagnosis chapters—Hematology, Clinical Chemistry, and Urinalysis—are intended to be the most informative…
