POSSIBILITIES OF FORENSIC VETERINARY AS A NEW TYPE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE

Forensic veterinary science of bite wounds.

C. J. MAnniOn and colleagues raise some valid issues in their letter about preventing dog bite wounds in people (VR, June 4, 2011, vol 168, p 594). The issue of bite marks on or from animals is a developing and specialised field of forensic veterinary science. Bite mark analysts are often called to give professional and expert testimony in court on bite marks from an animal that may bite anothe...

Forensic Veterinary Medicine

Death investigations usually centre on the elucidation on the cause of death. This usually includes a full autopsy. Furthermore, ballistics and toxicology may be employed in some cases. Mostly, however, the cause of death can be found by macroscopical examination or histology in cases where no gross findings are in evidence at the time of autopsy. Examples are cases of poaching, traffic acciden...

The potential role of forensic pathologists in veterinary forensic medicine.

Forensic science.

Jose R. Almirall, MSFS Graduate Program Director and Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry and Director, IFRI Bruce McCord, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry and Associate Director, IFRI Anthony P. (Tony) DeCaprio, Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry and Director, Forensic Science Certificate Program Kenneth Furton, Provost and Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry Kevin McElFre...

Veterinary Aspects of Forensic Medicine, Wild Animals

into the rectum. Use of an injection to introduce venom would likely be noticed by the victim and should leave some mark. As death is rarely very rapid, there would usually be time for the victim to make known that he/she had been attacked, but this might not always be the case. Introduction of a venomous animal, especially a snake or scorpion, into sleeping quarters, might also result in effec...