Forensic veterinary medicine: A rapidly evolving discipline

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 75-82

  Cooper, John E ^a   Cooper, Margaret E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Animals; Comparative studies; Forensic cases; Veterinary medicine

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BITES AND STINGS; CADAVER; COOPERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENETICS; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; BITES AND STINGS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DNA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 56749178598     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-008-9036-x     Document Type: Article

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