Dog Forensics and veterinary ethics forensics

Question 1

Veterinary ethics forensics
When can you refuse to treat?

Answer 1

obligatory:
§ Against the law
§ Euthanasia, irreversible changes: ownership, declaration
§ Hereditary diseases in breeding animals, without neutering
§ Lack of competence, practice, experience, equipment
§ No scientific basis

Question 2

Dog forensics

Origin of parvo?

Answer 2

Dog forensics�

Origin of parvo.
§ Incubation period: 2-4 days
§ 3 days: if disease + death
§ 4 days: typical pathological lesions + regenerating enterocytes
§ 5 days: disease within 2 days, death in spite of treatment

Question 3

Significance of parvo?

Answer 3

§ In case of death
§ Treatment costs (justified expenses)

Question 4

Significance of canine distemper?

Answer 4

Always if death
§ Loss of olfactory acuity or hard pad disease: working dogs
§ Neurological signs: euthanasia

Question 5

Diagnosis of Canine distemper?

Answer 5

Clinical signs (respiratory tract, mucous membranes, neurological system, skin)
§ Pathology, histopathology, antibodies, virus antigen

Question 6

Significance of cryptorchidism?

Answer 6

§ Breeding animal: exclusion from breeding
§ Non-breeding animal: neoplastic malformation

Question 7

Significance of hip dysplasia?

Answer 7

X-ray (for diagnosis): age!
§ Breeding or working animal: all stages
§ Non-breeding animal: if clinical manifestation