In crimes involving wild animals, species identification is crucial due to extensive legislation of national or international scope that defines legality of hunting certain species considering their vulnerability and the ...

© 2016 American Academy of Forensic Sciences In animal bites, the dental attributes can be fundamental in identifying the marks made by various species on different matrices. Although rodent bite marks have been studied ...

A hanging happens when there is a constriction of the neck caused by a rope pulled by the weight of the victim's body, and it is possible for the victim to die even when it remains on the ground, in what is called an ...

A hanging happens when there is a constriction of the neck caused by a rope pulled by the weight of the victim's body, and it is possible for the victim to die even when it remains on the ground, in what is called an ...

Situations of cruelty to animals occur frequently and the veterinarian is the Professional more competent to perform expertise in these cases. The Forensic Veterinary Medicine is growing, and its goal is to protect wild ...

This work proposes a novel approach to estimate the sensitivity of post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) with respect to traditional necropsy (gold standard). Using concepts of Bayes theorem and the opinion of 57 veterinarians ...

Dermestes maculatus DeGeer beetles feed and can leave marks on bones. This species is of medical, veterinary, and forensic importance. The aim of this work was to determine if the depressions produced on bones by these ...