Case  Description- A  3-month-old  female  intact  Boxer  dog  was  presented  to  the  Veterinary  Hospital  of  Shahid Bahonar  University  of  Kerman  with  a  complaint  epiphora,  photophobia  and  corneal  opacity  of  both  eyes.  Clinical Findings-  Ophthalmic  examination  revealed  mild  blepharospasm  and  mucoid  discharge  of  both  eyes,  with  severe  bilateral  chemosis  and  c...

The cornea is avascular, enjoys relative immune privilege, and immunosuppressive treatment can be directly applied: yet data from all available reports indicate that allogeneic rejection is the commonest cause of corneal graft failure. In Australia, 5 year actuarial corneal graft survival is 72%: irreversible rejection accounts for at least 33% of all graft failures.' Graft survival is much sho...

The identification of severely burnt human remains by genetic fingerprinting is a common task in forensic routine work. In cases of extreme fire impact, only hard tissues (bones, teeth) may be left for DNA analysis. DNA extracted from burnt bone fragments may be highly degraded, making an amplification of genetic markers difficult or even impossible. Furthermore, heavily burnt bones are very pr...

An algorithm to map burnt areas has been developed for SPOT VEGETATION (VGT) data in Australian woodland savannas. A time series of daily VGT images (15 May to 15 July 1999) was composited into 10-day periods by applying a minimum value criterion to the near-infrared band (0.78–0.89 mm). The algorithm was developed using a classification tree methodology that was confirmed as a powerful means o...

AIM To use forensic entomological approach to estimate the post mortem interval (PMI) in burnt remains. METHODS Two experiments were performed in a field in the outskirts of Milan, in winter and summer 2007. Four 60-kg pigs were used: two for each experiment. One pig carcass was burnt until it reached the level 2-3 of the Glassman-Crow scale and the not-burnt carcass was used as a control. In...

Wildfires significantly affect the boreal ecosystem of Siberia. However, records on burnt areas and fire impact are still not satisfactory in Russia. The dense smoke from active burning and the persistent cloud covers impeded the application of optical sensors to the detection of burnt area in Siberia forest during the summer fire season. The high resolution SAR data are of limited use for burn...

effect of fire on phyto-sociology of understorey vegetation in chir pine forests of three different silvological characteristics was compared with pure grassland. 15 grasses, 1 sedge, 5 legumes and 21 non-legumes were recorded in the four study sites. floristic composition gradually increased from june to august and then declined slowly by october in all the plots. maximum number of species was...

We describe a recent case in which an animal was killed, burnt and body parts were sent to the Institute for identifying species and the method used for extracting DNA from burnt tissues. Two mitochondrial gene cytochrome b and 16s rRNA were used for species identification. Sequence analysis revealed that the burnt sample was of a Hyaena (Hyaena hyaena), a Schedule III animal according to the W...