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Titolo |
Veterinary forensics : animal cruelty investigations / / Melinda D. Merck, editor |
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Ames, Iowa ; ; Chichester, England ; ; Oxford, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2013 |
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©2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-64457-6 |
1-118-47210-1 |
1-118-70473-8 |
1-118-47213-6 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (678 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Animal welfare |
Veterinary medicine |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Website information""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""Dedication""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 The Legal System: The Veterinarian's Role and Responsibilities""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DEFINING ANIMAL CRUELTY""; ""GOVERNING LAWS""; ""HOW VETERINARIANS BECOME INVOLVED""; ""SEARCH AND SEIZURE""; ""HANDLING THE MEDIA IN ANIMAL CRUELTY CASES""; ""CONFIDENTIALITY""; ""FILING CRIMINAL CHARGES AND HEARINGS""; ""NON-CRIMINAL CASES""; ""TRIAL""; ""COMPENSATION FOR THE VETERINARIAN""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""2 Crime Scene Investigation"" |
""INTRODUCTION""""THE VETERINARIAN'S ROLE AND HANDLING OF ANIMALS AT THE CRIME SCENE""; ""GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR CRIME SCENE PROCESSING""; ""ENVIRONMENT: WEATHER DATA""; ""PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGRAPHY""; ""EVIDENCE RECOGNITION AND DOCUMENTATION""; ""EVIDENCE COLLECTION AND PACKAGING""; ""EXCLUSIONARY BIOLOGICAL TESTING""; ""BLOOD EVIDENCE""; ""BURIAL SCENES: GRAVE DETECTION, MAPPING, AND EXCAVATION""; ""3 CSI: |
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Examination of the Animal""; ""GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS""; ""DETERMINING NON-ACCIDENTAL INJURY""; ""BEHAVIORAL CONSIDERATIONS OF ANIMALS"" |
""EVIDENCE DOCUMENTATION, COLLECTION, AND PACKAGING""""CHAIN OF CUSTODY""; ""PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGRAPHY""; ""EXAMINATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF THE LIVE ANIMAL""; ""EXTERNAL EXAMINATION""; ""FORENSIC NECROPSY""; ""SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS""; ""THE FORENSIC REPORT""; ""4 Special Considerations in Animal Cruelty Cases""; ""LARGE SCALE CRUELTY CASES""; ""TRACE EVIDENCE""; ""FORENSIC BOTANY""; ""DNA: DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID""; ""ANIMAL DEATH/INJURY IN HUMAN SUSPICIOUS DEATH/INJURY CASES""; ""OTHER UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS OF ANIMALS""; ""MÙˆNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY""; ""SUFFERING""; ""PAIN"" |
""SUGGESTED READING ON PAIN IN ANIMALS""""5 Blunt Force Trauma""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""BRUISING/CONTUSIONS""; ""ABRASIONS""; ""LACERATIONS""; ""LIGATURE INJURIES""; ""AVULSION INJURIES""; ""FRACTURES""; ""MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT (MVA) INJURIES""; ""FALL INJURIES""; ""SWINGING/DRAGGING INJURIES""; ""GROOMING-ASSOCIATED INJURIES""; ""BLUNT FORCE INJURIES TO SPECIFIC BODY REGIONS""; ""6 Sharp Force Injuries""; ""GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS""; ""STAB WOUNDS""; ""INCISED-STAB WOUNDS""; ""INCISED WOUNDS""; ""CHOP WOUNDS""; ""MUTILATIONS, PREDATOR ATTACKS, AND DOG ATTACKS""; ""RITUALISTIC CRIMES"" |
""7 Burn-, Electrical-, and Fire-Related Injuries""""INTERPRETING BURN PATTERNS""; ""RECOGNITION AND COLLECTION OF EVIDENCE""; ""BURN CLASSIFICATION""; ""SYSTEMIC EFFECTS OF BURNS""; ""GENERAL MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION FINDINGS IN BURNS""; ""THERMAL BURNS""; ""CHEMICAL BURNS""; ""ELECTRICAL BURNS""; ""FIRE-RELATED INJURIES""; ""8 Firearm Injuries""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""OVERVIEW OF FIREARMS""; ""WOUND BALLISTICS""; ""DETERMINING ENTRANCE AND EXIT WOUNDS""; ""DETERMINING GUNSHOT RANGE""; ""EXAMINATION OF GUNSHOT VICTIMS""; ""9 Asphyxia""; ""OVERVIEW OF ASPHYXIA""; ""GENERAL FINDINGS IN ASPHYXIA"" |
""SUFFOCATION"" |
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