UF Veterinary Forensic Sciences Program

🦴 What can skeletal remains reveal in a forensic case?

VME 6578 Forensic Veterinary Osteology introduces students to the non-human skeleton, with a focus on identifying complete and fragmentary skeletal remains.

Through topics like bone biology, skeletal development, anatomy, taphonomy, age assessment and s*x assessment, students build foundational knowledge for advanced study in veterinary forensic osteology or zooarchaeology.

From dogs and cats to birds, reptiles, fish and other species, this course helps students better understand how skeletal evidence from a variety of creatures can be documented, analyzed and interpreted.

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Before investigators can answer what happened, blowflies are often among the first to arrive at the scene. 🪰

Necrophagous insects, or insects that feed on decomposing remains, can play an important role in forensic entomology. Blowflies may arrive early, lay eggs and begin a life cycle that forensic entomologists can study.

By looking at the insects present, their life stage and the conditions around the body, forensic entomologists can help estimate the postmortem interval, or the amount of time that has passed since death.

In animal cruelty, neglect or death investigations, those details can help investigators build a clearer timeline of the case. Blowflies may not solve the case on their own, but their activity can help point investigators in the right direction.

Besides the blowfly, what necrophagous insects capture your interest? 🪲🪰

It may look like a tiny paper ruler, but in veterinary forensic medicine, this little L-shaped tool has a much bigger job than it looks like. 📐

Known as the ABFO No. 2 photomacrographic scale, it’s used to document size, distance and orientation when photographing evidence. In animal cruelty, neglect or trauma cases, details obviously matter. A wound, bite mark, bruise or injury pattern needs to be photographed in a way that can be measured, reviewed and understood later.

It’s a small tool, but its placement next to evidence helps preserve context the camera alone may not capture. While it’s definitely not the flashiest tool in the room, it’s certainly responsible for helping the details hold up where they matter most.

You don’t have to commit to a full graduate program to start learning something valuable. 🐾

Our online individual courses in Veterinary Forensic Sciences are designed for students and professionals who want to explore a specific topic, build new skills or get a feel for graduate-level coursework before taking a bigger step.

Whether you’re curious about veterinary forensic science, looking to strengthen your knowledge or considering a certificate or master’s program down the road, non-degree enrollment gives you a flexible way to start.

Take one course. Follow your interest. Build from there.

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