Cat CAT-scan: Postmortem imaging and autopsy of two cats

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 01 Mar 2015Embargo end date: 01 Jan 2015 Switzerland English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Journal of Forensic Radiology and Imaging, volume 3, pages 80-86 (issn: 2212-4780,

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Authors: Martinez, Rosa Maria; Hetzel, Udo; Thali, Michael J; Schweitzer, Wolf;

doi: 10.1016/j.jofri.2014.11.004 , 10.5167/uzh-102500

Cat CAT-scan: Postmortem imaging and autopsy of two cats

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Abstract

A man killed his wife and their shared household cats before killing himself. The combination of the killing (suicide or homicide) of a family member and the pet is seen on occasions in forensic pathology. The purpose of this case report is to provide a comparison of the killing methods of animals, ill pets and of household animals, also in extended suicides or homicides given the initially outlined case.

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Switzerland

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University of Zurich
Switzerland

Keywords

2734 Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 570 Life sciences; biology, 340 Law, 10184 Institute of Veterinary Pathology, 2741 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 610 Medicine & health, 10218 Institute of Legal Medicine

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