The Veterinary Forensic Necropsy

Brownlie, H. W. Brooks; Munro, Ranald

doi:10.1177/0300985816655851

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“…All necropsies were performed in the necropsy room of the “Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno” (IZSM), Portici, Italy, with a standard necropsy protocol [ 21 ]. All SUD cases were stored at 4 °C before necropsy.…”

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Pathological, Bacteriological and Virological Findings in Sudden and Unexpected Deaths in Young Dogs

Piegari

Cardillo

Alfano

et al. 2020

Animals

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In human medicine, “sudden death” has been defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a non-violent, unexpected death occurring less than 24 h from the onset of symptoms. The aims of this study were: (1) to estimate the proportional mortality ratio for “sudden and unexpected death” (SUD) in young dogs; (2) to investigate the pathological and microbiological findings in SUD cases in young dogs. For these purposes, a retrospective study of a total of 145 cases of young dead dogs was performed. For each case, we collected information about the age, medical history and the gross and microbiological findings of the animals. The results of this study found 21 cases of SUD. The most frequently observed clinical symptoms in the cases of sudden death were acute respiratory symptoms, followed by acute gastroenteric symptoms, non-specific symptoms and neurological symptoms. The evaluation of necropsy reports allowed us to observe enteritis in 18 out of 21 cases and pneumonia in seven out of 21 cases. Viral infection with Canine parvovirus type 2 was the most common cause of SUD observed. These results could provide a valuable tool for the investigation of sudden death in young dogs.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Pathological, Bacteriological and Virological Findings in Sudden and Unexpected Deaths in Young Dogs

Piegari

Cardillo

Alfano

et al. 2020

Animals

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“…The necropsy was performed following the standard guideline demonstrated by previous study (Brownlie and Munro, 2016). Several organs were obtained such as brain, lung, liver, spleen, kidney, digestive tracts.…”

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Risk Factors of Renal Aspergillosis in Pigeons (Columba livia): Field Study

Palgunadi¹,

Kurniasih²,

Prakoso³

2019

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences

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Aspergillosis is the common infectious diseases in the avian species. Aspergillosis causes granulomatous lesions in the lung and upper respiratory system and rarely reported regarding its infection in the kidney. This study aims to analyse the risk factors of renal aspergillosis in the pigeon (Columba livia) and its association to aflatoxicosis and CD4+/ CD8+ depression. Twenty-dead pigeons, feed and litter randomly collected from 10-local breeders. Each breeder was asked to fill out the questionnaire. Microbiology, immuno-histopathology and detection of aflatoxin were performed on the collected specimens. The data was analysed using SPSS 16. The results revealed that the prevalence of Aspergillus belonging to the "Fumigati section" was 85% and 80% in lungs and kidneys, respectively. Moreover, the hyphae and granulomatous inflammation with minimal expression of CD4+/CD8+ are observed from pigeons kidney. This study reflected that contamination of Aspergillus belonging to the "Fumigati section" in the litter and air significantly affect the occurrence of pigeon's renal aspergillosis.

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“…Necropsy has the function of confirming suspicion, while subsequent laboratory tests on organic samples can determine possible positivity to a toxic substance [42] . Any injury, disease or disorder that triggers the physiological imbalance that leads directly to the death of the individual is defined as the cause of death [43] .…”

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Men and wolves: are anthropogenic causes the main driver of wolf mortality in human-dominated landscapes in Italy?

Musto¹,

Cerri²,

Galaverni³

et al. 2021

Preprint

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Over the last 40 years the gray wolf (Canis lupus) re-colonized its historical range in Italy increasing human-predator interactions. However, temporal and spatial trends in wolf mortality, including direct and indirect persecution, were never summarized. This study aims to fill this gap by focusing on the situation of Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna regions, believed to host a significant proportion of the Italian wolf population, by: (i) identifying the prevalent causes of wolf mortality, (ii) summarizing their temporal and spatial patterns and (iii) applying spatially-explicit Generalized Linear Models to predict wolf persecution. Between October 2005 and February 2021, 212 wolf carcasses were collected and subjected to necropsy, being involved in collisions with vehicles (n = 104), poisoned (n = 45), wounded with gunshot (n = 24) or blunt objects (n = 4) and being hanged (n = 2). The proportion of illegally killed wolves did not increase through time. Most persecution events occurred between October and February. None of our candidate models outperformed a null model and covariates such as the density of sheep farms, number of predations on livestock, or human density were never associated to the probability of having illegally killed wolves, at the municipal scale. Our findings show that conventional correlates of wolf persecution, combined with a supposedly high proportion of non-retrieved carcasses, fail to predict illegal wolf killings in areas where the species have become ubiquitous. The widespread spatial distribution of illegal killings indicates that persecution probably arises from multiple kinds of conflicts with humans, beyond those with husbandry. Wolf conservation in Italy should thus address cryptic wolf killings with multi-disciplinary approaches, such as shared national protocols, socio-ecological studies, the support of experts’ experience and effective sampling schemes for the detection of carcasses.

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The Veterinary Forensic Necropsy

Cited by 33 publications

References 97 publications

Pathological, Bacteriological and Virological Findings in Sudden and Unexpected Deaths in Young Dogs

Pathological, Bacteriological and Virological Findings in Sudden and Unexpected Deaths in Young Dogs

Risk Factors of Renal Aspergillosis in Pigeons (Columba livia): Field Study

Men and wolves: are anthropogenic causes the main driver of wolf mortality in human-dominated landscapes in Italy?

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