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cause of death

A medical opinion stating which disease, injury, or physiological derangement was responsible for initiating the lethal sequence of events that resulted in an animal’s death.

Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/ASB Standard 170 Standard for Veterinary Forensic Postmortem Examination. AAFS Academy Standards Board (ASB), 410 North 21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO, 2024. Source link
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