Forensic investigations of religious rituals involving poultry: a case report

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dc.contributor.authorVázquez Fernández, Esther
dc.contributor.authorRebollada Merino, Agustín Miguel
dc.contributor.authorChinchilla Rodríguez, Blanca
dc.contributor.authorPorras González, Néstor
dc.contributor.authorRodríguez Bertos, Antonio Manuel
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-20T17:46:15Z
dc.date.available2024-05-20T17:46:15Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-23
dc.description2023 Acuerdos transformativos CRUE
dc.description.abstractAnimal victims of human cruelty are receiving increasing attention from the press and society. Veterinary pathologists and civic authorities have a duty not only to elucidate the cause, method and manner of death but also to address the motivation behind a case. Poultry are commonly used as offering to gods in Santería rituals (ebós). Only a few cases have been reported in scientific journals, in contrast with the number of cases described in the media. Here, a hen and a cockerel (Gallus domesticus) were submitted to the VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre for autopsy, which comprised macroscopic and histological studies and microbiological testing for Chlamydia psittaci, avian orthoavulavirus 1 (Newcastle disease virus), West Nile virus and avian influenza virus. The carcasses were in an active decay stage of decomposition, containing larvae of Lucilia eximia. Both animals had been decapitated and haemorrhages in the cutting region were observed histologically. Post-mortem burns were also observed. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first post-mortem description of lesions in a domestic avian species due to religious rituals. European Union and Spanish forensic practitioners should be aware that these ritual sacrifices occur in some European countries. Moreover, future European and national legislation updates should consider this type of animal abuse.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Producción Animal
dc.description.facultyCentro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET)
dc.description.facultyFac. de Veterinaria
dc.description.fundingtypeAPC financiada por la UCM
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.sponsorshipMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
dc.description.sponsorshipMinisterio de Universidades (España)
dc.description.statuspub
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jcpa.2023.10.006
dc.identifier.essn1532-3129
dc.identifier.issn0021-9975
dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2023.10.006
dc.identifier.pmid38000307
dc.identifier.relatedurlhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38000307/
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/104237
dc.journal.titleJournal of Comparative Pathology
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.final95
dc.page.initial91
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/RTI2018-098658-B-C22/ES/EL SISTEMA DE DOS COMPONENTES WZM%2FWZT DE BRUCELLA: ESTUDIOS MOLECULARES, INTERACCIONES PATOGENO-HOSPEDADOR EN OVINO Y APLICACIONES EN B. SUIS/
dc.relation.projectIDPRE2019-087439
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject.cdu636:611-018
dc.subject.cdu259.43
dc.subject.keywordForensic pathology
dc.subject.keywordHistopathology
dc.subject.keywordPoultry
dc.subject.keywordSantería
dc.subject.ucmPatología veterinaria
dc.subject.unesco3109.07 Patología
dc.titleForensic investigations of religious rituals involving poultry: a case report
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dc.volume.number207
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