The Use of Forensic Entomology in Legal Veterinary Medicine: A Case Study in the North of Italy

Abstract

During winter 2010 a forensic entomological study was undertaken in San Bartolomeo in Bosco (FE) Emilia-Romagna Region (North of Italy) on different animal carrion found in a farm several days after they died. Introduction

Identification of arthropods of forensic importance during cold and warm seasons in KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa

“…Animal neglect may be incidental, short term and easily resolved whereas other cases may be long term, large scale and chronic (Lockwood, 2013;Lockdown and Arkow, 2016). In many cases when animal carcasses are discovered it is difficult to determine the time elapsed since the neglect or death (Defilippo et al, 2020), and without this evidence or information, it becomes difficult to pursue a case. As a result, many cases of animal cruelty are not followed up (Defilippo et al, 2020) and the culprits get away with crime and more animals continue to be killed.…”

“…While forensic entomology has been used in medico-legal investigation to provide useful information such as the presence of toxin or drug, post-mortem interval (PMI) estimation, corpse transfer, detection of wounds, evidence of trauma and neglect or abuse cases , the last few years have shown an increasing interest in developing and applying forensic entomology to solve legal cases of poaching and illegal killing of wildlife (Anderson, 1999;Watson and Calton, 2003;Wilson et al, 2014) and domestic animals (McGarry et al, 2017;Defilippo et al, 2020). Subsequently, several attempts have been made…”