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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
The decomposition of rabbit carcasses and associated necrophagous Diptera in Kuwait
Forensic Science International, Volume 217, No. 1-3, Year 2012
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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. © 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Al-Mesbah, Hanadi
Kuwait
General Department of Criminal Evidence
Moffatt, Colin
United Kingdom, Preston
University of Central Lancashire
El-Azazy, Osama Mohamed Elshfei
Kuwait, Kuwait City
Veterinary Laboratories
Majeed, Qais Ahmed H.
Kuwait, Kuwait City
College of Basic Education
Statistics
Citations: 41
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.09.021
ISSN:
03790738
e-ISSN:
18726283