Banca de DEFESA: DIEGO RUBENS SANTOS GARCIA

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STUDENT : DIEGO RUBENS SANTOS GARCIA
DATE: 16/06/2025
TIME: 15:00
LOCAL: Remoto - meet.google.com/vry-zjef-ovd
TITLE:

MECHANICAL TRAUMATIC INJURIES IN REPTILES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF VETERINARY FORENSIC MEDICINE

KEY WORDS:

forensic veterinary medicine; necropsy; reptilia; trauma.

PAGES: 45
BIG AREA: Ciências Agrárias
AREA: Medicina Veterinária
SUBÁREA: Patologia Animal
SPECIALTY: Anatomia Patologia Animal
SUMMARY:

Environmental legislation, animal rights, and climate agreements are some of the factors contributing to the growth and development of the field of veterinary forensic medicine. Reptiles, unlike mammals and birds, are more susceptible to heat, dehydration, and, due to physiological reasons, muscle fatigue. Within forensic veterinary medicine, forensic traumatology has recently been used for the classification and standardization of mechanical injuries, with support from the human forensic literature. This study aimed to catalog wild animals from the class Reptilia that suffered physical trauma caused by mechanical agents, as well as to classify and describe these injuries. To facilitate understanding, this dissertation was divided into a literature review and one chapter: Chapter 1, titled “Characterization of Mechanical Traumatic Injuries in Reptiles through Comparative Veterinary Forensic Medicine.” This chapter consists of an article formatted for submission to the Revista Brasileira de Criminalística. Reptiles with a history of trauma, from different species, sexes, and ages, were analyzed. They were referred by various institutions located in the Metropolitan Region of Recife, Pernambuco, to the Necropsy Sector of the Department of Veterinary Medicine at the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco. The reptiles were cataloged based on information collected upon receipt and/or during necropsy examination. The bodily injuries observed were characterized morphologically and compared with patterns described in human forensic traumatology. A total of 20 reptiles were recorded: 9 (45%) Boa constrictor, 5 (25%) Iguana iguana, 1 (5%) Crotalus durissus, 1 (5%) Micrurus ibiboboca, 1 (5%) Philodryas olfersii, 1 (5%) Mesoclemmys tuberculata, 1 (5%) Chelonoidis carbonaria, and 1 (5%) Paleosuchus palpebrosus. In terms of injury type, 12 animals (60%) presented with blunt force trauma, 3 (15%) had incised wounds, 4 (20%) had sharp-blunt injuries, and 1 animal (5%) exhibited both blunt and incised injuries. It is concluded that the human forensic medicine literature proved helpful in classifying the injuries and that the animal sample may serve as a foundation for the scarce literature on wild animals, especially reptiles.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - FRANCISCO DE ASSIS LEITE SOUZA
Externa à Instituição - NAYADJALA TÁVITA ALVES DOS SANTOS
Externo à Instituição - SAULO ROMERO FELIX GONÇALVES - UFPI