Medicina veterinária legal: Revisão de literatura

Abstract

This research aims to demonstrate the importance of forensics and legal veterinary medicine as essential components of veterinarian´s performance on criminal investigations and legal processes related to animals. Currently, in Brazil, the social demand for forensic and legal veterinary medicine is increasing. However, both the general comunity and professionals in the area still have doubts about the role of the veterinarian in forensic operations due to lack of knowledge and low familiarity with the area. So, with the present research we can understand how veterinarians perform veterinary forensics and understand the technical knowledge needed for forensic performance.