Vol. 11, Special Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
Komal, Ayush Ranjan, Anil Gattani and Ajeet Kumar

Abstract:
The study of biochemical profile in cadaver/carcass to ascertain the etiology and death occurrence factors, is called thanatochemistry (Postmortem biochemistry).To ascertain the circumstances of death in the wild animals, the biochemical analysis of blood become difficult to interpret because of post-mortem changes in blood and secondly blood was not available. For such cases vitrous humor could be considered a good sample for biochemical analysis. Blood and synovial fluid from the dead Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) were received for thanatochemistry. The concentration of urea, uric acid and creatinine was found alike the post-mortem blood concentration. These biochemicals in vitrous humor does not vary with the postmortem interval and could consider for assessing the antemortem levels and the corresponding postmortem blood value could be extrapolated.