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The investigation of the skeleton can reveal important information about antemortem health, including the detection of long-term physical and infectious insults, in both humans (Metcalfe 2007) and animals (OConnor 2000). However, examination of bones is often neglected in routine veterinary postmortem work.
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Animals , Skeleton , Primates , Pathology, Veterinary , Trinidad and TobagoABSTRACT
Introduction to veterinary and comparative forensic medicine is ground-breaking book in an emerging new spciality. It reflects the increasing demand for expert opinion by veterinarians and others in courts of law and elsewhere on such matters as: wildlife conservation, welfare of, and alleged cruelty to, animals, insurance, certification and malpractice, the indentification of live and dead species or their derivatives. It also discusses and analyses current concern over possible links between domestic violence and abuse of animals. Throughout the book the emphasis is on the need for a systematic and thorough approach to forensic work. A particular feature is practical advice, with protocols on dealing with common problems, together with case studies, various appendices and an extensive bibliography. A vital reference for members of the veterinary profession, lawyers, enforcement bodies and welfare and conservation organisations. The comparative aspects provide an important source of information for those working in human forensic medicine and the biological sciences (AU)
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Animals , Forensic Medicine/education , Veterinary Medicine , Veterinary Medicine/methods , Developing Countries , Pathology, Veterinary/legislation & jurisprudence , Expert TestimonyABSTRACT
In this article, "Invertebrates" are considered to be all those animals that are not in the five main groups of vertebrates (Mammalia,Aves, Reptilia, Amphibia, and three classes of fish), and the term neoplasm is used in its traditional sense of "new, uncontrolled, growth". The history of study of such lesions is reviewed and methods of investigation and control are outlined.
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Invertebrates , Neoplasms/veterinary , Animals , Neoplasms/diagnosis , Neoplasms/therapyABSTRACT
Invertebrates are attracting increasing interest within the veterinary profession. They are also significant in their own right; as the Council of Europe's "Charter on Invertebrates" points out, they are the most important component of wild fauna as well as providing food, contributing to agriculture and forestry, and aiding medicine,industry, and crafts. Whenever invertebrates are kept in captivity they should be subject to high standards of management and care and veterinary attention-whether by the veterinarian or by the veterinary technician-should be based on sound biological and humanitarian principles.
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Animal Husbandry , Invertebrates , Animals , Veterinary MedicineABSTRACT
Forty-two consecutively identified Afro-Caribbean patients with a first episode of psychosis were compared with a similar group of non-Caribbean patients. A number of differences emerged, although the same portion of patients in each group had symptoms for 6 months or more prior to psychiatric contact. Afro-Caribbean patients showed greater delay in seeking help, more `disturbance' later in the course of their illness and were more likely to be admitted compulsorily. The social geography of the two groups suggests that the high rates of schizophrenia and related psychoses that we previously reported cannot be explained simply by differences in area of residence at the time of presentation. (AU)