Lightning deaths in three outdoor dogs: A case study.

Res Vet Sci. July 2024;174(0):105303.

Federica Pesce¹, Emanuela Sannino², Enza Ragosta³, Mauro Esposito⁴, Veronica Del Monaco⁵, Marianna D'Amore⁶, Barbara Degli Uberti⁷, Giovanna Fusco⁸, Esterina De Carlo⁹, Gianluca Miletti¹⁰

¹ Department of Animal Health, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Naples, Italy.; ² Department of Animal Health, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Naples, Italy. Electronic address: emanuela.sannino@izsmportici.it.; ³ Department of Animal Health, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Naples, Italy.; ⁴ Department of Chemistry, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Naples, Italy.; ⁵ Department of Animal Health, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Naples, Italy.; ⁶ Department of Animal Health, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Naples, Italy.; ⁷ Department of Animal Health, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Naples, Italy.; ⁸ Department of Animal Health, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Naples, Italy.; ⁹ National Reference Centre for Hygiene and Technologies of Water Buffalo Farming and Productions, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Salerno, Italy.; ¹⁰ Department of Animal Health, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Naples, Italy.

Abstract

This case report presents findings in three German Shepherd placed outdoor, dead after a night of thunderstorm.

Keywords

Dogs; Forensic medicine; Lichtenberg figures; Lightning death; Pathology;

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