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Investigation of causes of death in wildlife using veterinary molecular and wound analysis methods
- Source :
- The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science, 2020.
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Abstract
- Investigating the cause of animal death is helpful to understand the reasons behind the interactions and conflicts between humans and animals. To further develop the cause of death investigation, we report a case of a Chinese spot-billed duck (Anas zonorhyncha) which hatched from a rescued duck and died 10 days after release. We inspected the duck's cause of death using an interview of concerned people, external body examination, necropsy, and genetic examinations. Based on the fractures, the main cause of death was determined to be a traffic accident. Furthermore, molecular tests helped to detect raccoon DNA in the visible bite wounds. This case shows that molecular biological method is one of the methods of clarify the animals' cause of death.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
040301 veterinary sciences
forensic science
Anas zonorhyncha
Wildlife
Wildlife Science
Animals, Wild
0403 veterinary science
03 medical and health sciences
Japan
Cause of Death
medicine
Animals
Bites and Stings
Analysis method
030304 developmental biology
Cause of death
0303 health sciences
General Veterinary
alien animals
Traffic accident
business.industry
Accidents, Traffic
cause-of-death
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Note
Bite wounds
Ducks
Emergency medicine
Wounds and Injuries
Raccoons
Autopsy
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13477439 and 09167250
- Volume :
- 82
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....022e53b1fafdf7add47733db0c10b673