Lightning deaths in three outdoor dogs: A case study

Res Vet Sci. 2024 Jul:174:105303. doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2024.105303. Epub 2024 May 15.

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: [email protected].
³ Department of Chemistry, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Naples, Italy.
⁴ National Reference Centre for Hygiene and Technologies of Water Buffalo Farming and Productions, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Salerno, 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.