Decomposition Of Cadavers Of Farm Animals During The Wintry Months By Necrophagous Species Determined By Classical And Molecular Genetics Methods

The identification of insect inhabiting dead bodies is particularly relevant in forensic science, especially for post-mortem interval determination, as evidence of post-mortem manipulation of the body, evidence of the presence of toxic substances, etc. This work deals with the determination of forensically important insects occurring in cold months and extreme conditions based on molecular -genetic analyzes. For this purpose, several experimental fields were established in several locations of South Moravia. Model organisms were domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) and chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). During the experiment, 11 species of necrophagous fauna were found on cadavers, of which 6 were of the order Diptera and 5 of the order Coleoptera. In the second part of experiment these species were verified by molecular genetic methods.