Comparison between forensic entomological and anatomo-pathological exams to determine the burial time of swine carcasses in a fraudolent case

Costantini, G., Magni, P.A., Appino, S. and Gatto, S. (2005) Comparison between forensic entomological and anatomo-pathological exams to determine the burial time of swine carcasses in a fraudolent case. In: 3rd Meeting European Association for Forensic Entomology (EAFE), 27 - 29 April 2005, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Abstract

Post mortem evaluation for a number of death pigs was compared to entomological exams in order to determine the burial time. In the denounced land were made some holes in places choosen arbitrarily. Entomological material was found in areas with carcasses in colliquative rotten stage and the checked fauna was composed by Diptera and Coleoptera. Where there were only bony tissues remains we observed the absence of entomological reports. In one case by use of entomological exam was possible to identify a vertical burial stratification. The comparison between entomological evaluation and anatomo-pathological exam in veterinary medicine is a useful tool to investigate the illegal disposal of carcasses.

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Conference Website:	http://www.eafe.org/
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/57688

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