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Merck, Melinda D.; Miller, Doris M.; Reisman, Robert W.

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“…Although gastric ulcerations, petechiae/ecchymoses, and melena have been noted in SEC dogs 28,30 and although mice, rats, and pigs are known to develop gastric ulcers during starvation, 32,19,35 the pathogenesis and significance of these lesions are unclear. Decreased cell turnover, decreased trophic factors, stress, and ingestion of foreign material may compromise GI epithelial barrier function, leading to ulcerations and melena.…”

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Circumstances, Descriptive Characteristics, and Pathologic Findings in Dogs Suspected of Starving

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The authors reviewed the case circumstances, population characteristics, gross, and histopathologic findings in 40 cases of emaciated dogs with a suspected diagnosis of starvation. The dogs' estimated age ranged from 3 months to geriatric. Nineteen breeds were represented, including small-breed (n ¼ 11), large-breed (n ¼ 13), and pit bull-type (n ¼ 16) dogs. The median body condition score was 1 out of 9 (Purina scale). Various diseases were identified as the cause of death in 7 dogs, while the cause of death in the other 33 dogs was starvation due to exogenous causes (SEC). Circumstances associated exclusively with SEC included being found in a vacated residence and death during temperature extremes or severe weather. Dogs with SEC did not differ significantly from diseased dogs in body condition score, sex, neuter status, or breed category (small, large, or pit bull type). Gross findings associated exclusively with SEC included severe hair matting and traumatic injuries. Diseased dogs had an empty stomach significantly more often than SEC dogs, which frequently had food and/or foreign material in the stomach. In 5 of the 7 cases where disease was the cause of death, disease involved the gastrointestinal tract. Gross and histopathologic changes commonly found in SEC and diseased dogs included the following: gross loss of muscle mass and absence of subcuticular fat; serous atrophy of omental, perirenal, epicardial, and bone marrow fat; atrophy of the liver, skin, thyroid gland, and testicle; gastric mucosal petechiae and ecchymoses; melena; and splenic hemosiderophages.

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“…This finding needs to be differentiated from rigor mortis which is a transient process that will terminate by approximately 36 hr after death. The fixed rigidity results from the coagulation of muscle protein and ultimately results in muscle shortening and permanent rigidity [4].…”

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Canine environmental hyperthermia: a case series

Stern

2019

The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

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Cases of hyperthermia caused by exposure to high environmental temperature are not uncommonly encountered in dogs. The circumstances surrounding the exposure to high environmental temperature may be accidental or intentional; thus highlighting the importance to perform a forensic autopsy. This report documents three cases of canine environmentally induced hyperthermia and all dogs in this report died less than 6 hr after exposure to the high environmental temperatures. The most commonly observed macroscopic findings included cutaneous petechial and ecchymotic hemorrhage, pulmonary edema and congestion, and epicardial and endocardial hemorrhage. Microscopically, there was systemic vascular congestion and hemorrhage, fibrin thrombi formation, and occasional enterocyte and/or renal tubular necrosis. The findings from all cases were consistent with hyperthermia induced disseminated intravascular coagulation.

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Environmental Injuries

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2018

Veterinary Forensic Pathology, Volume 2

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Circumstances, Descriptive Characteristics, and Pathologic Findings in Dogs Suspected of Starving

Circumstances, Descriptive Characteristics, and Pathologic Findings in Dogs Suspected of Starving

Canine environmental hyperthermia: a case series

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