The decomposition of rabbit carcasses and associated necrophagous Diptera in Kuwait

Abstract Rabbit carcasses were used to compare rates of decomposition and associated assemblages of Diptera at four discernable habitat types in Kuwait; a country of a region with a paucity of such reference data. Carcasses in an urban habitat showed faster decomposition (as measured by percentage w...

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Published in:Forensic science international 2012-04, Vol.217 (1), p.27-31
Main Authors: Al-Mesbah, Hanadi, Moffatt, Colin, El-Azazy, Osama M.E, Majeed, Qais A.H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis of Variance
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Carcasses
Coastal
Decomposition
Deserts
Diptera
Ecosystem
Feeding Behavior
Forensic entomology
Forensic medicine
Forensic Pathology
Forensic science
Forensic sciences
General aspects
Habitats
Humidity
Insects
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Kuwait
Medical sciences
Necrophagous
Pathology
Postmortem Changes
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Rabbit Carcass
Rabbits
Taxonomy
Temperature
Weight loss
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Summary:Abstract Rabbit carcasses were used to compare rates of decomposition and associated assemblages of Diptera at four discernable habitat types in Kuwait; a country of a region with a paucity of such reference data. Carcasses in an urban habitat showed faster decomposition (as measured by percentage weight loss) than in agricultural, coastal or desert habitats, even with accumulated degree days (ADD) as the explanatory variable ( t = 2.73, df = 34, p = 0.010) to compensate for temperature differences. Taxa of Diptera at the four habitats became more similar as decomposition progressed, suggesting such differences between habitats were not marked. The occurrence of Chrysomyia megacephala and Lucilia sericata had not previously been recorded in Kuwait.
ISSN:0379-0738
1872-6283
DOI:10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.09.021