A importância da necropsia para a investigação de morte não esclarecida em um cão: Relato de Caso / The importance of the necropsy in the investigation of a non-clarified death in a dog: case report

ABSTRACT

Foreign bodies are frequently ingested by small animals, representing a common cause ofaccidents and deaths in dogs. Here we described a case of an obscure death, found to becaused by an accidental ingestion of bone, generating severe hemorrhage and systemiccomplications, in which the necropsy, ultimately, had a crucial role to stablish the cause ofdeath, understanding the main processes and providing the necessary tools for its study.