Large animal models in forensic medicine and pathology: Recent research and its impact on the evolution of veterinary forensic pathology

Abstract

Modern forensic research studies using large animal models are presented and classified by subject, into (a) corpse decomposition and post mortem interval; (b) forensic entomology; (c) forensic toxicology; (d) blunt-force trauma; (e) sharp-force trauma; (f) ballistics; (g) drowning and bodies recovered from water; (h) the effects of electrical discharge devices, and (i) modern imaging techniques applied to the corpse. These research studies have a positive impact on the rapidly evolving scientific field of the veterinary forensic pathology of animal abuse. The value of comparative forensic pathology is highlighted in accordance with the One Health approach. © Athens Medical Society.