Forensic science, medicine, and pathology.
Publisher:
Humana Press,
Frequency: Quarterly
Country: United States
Language: English
Start Year:2005 -
ISSN:
1547-769X (Print)
1556-2891 (Electronic)
1547-769X (Linking)
1556-2891 (Electronic)
1547-769X (Linking)
Impact Factor
1.8
2022
| NLM ID: | 101236111 |
| (OCoLC): | 53836498 |
| LCCN: | 2003202585 |
| Classification: | W1 FO615L |
Utilizing ticks as forensic indicators in a livestock investigation. Although forensic parasitology remains in its infancy compared with more developed fields like forensic entomology, parasites can be useful forensic indicators. We present the case of an individual who disobeyed animal health legislation and crossed animal quarantine boundaries and two state lines with a cattle tick (Rhipicephalus australis) infested horse. Following recognition of the infestation by animal health officers, the individual asserted that the infestation had occurred either during transport or upon arrival at the site of discovery, and that they had not contravened quarantine leg...