Animal Abuse Expertise

Get a complete and adequate qualification in veterinary judicial expertise and open new paths to your professional progress"

The current social need for professionals specialized in the expertise in legal proceedings requires specific training from an eminently practical perspective, and veterinary medicine is no exception.  The current social need for professionals specialized in the expertise in legal proceedings requires specific training from an eminently practical perspective, and veterinary medicine is no exception. The more scientific support a legal decision has, the more justice it will impart.

That is precisely the reason for the creation of this Postgraduate Diploma in Animal Abuse Expertise, in which we count on the collaboration of authors directly related to Judicial Expertise with more than enough professional and teaching experience. Experts from Schools of Legal Practice, University Expert of Access to the Legal Profession, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, who have previously taught Judicial Expert Training Courses in the Veterinary field.

The Postgraduate Diploma will analyze in detail all the questions that may arise for a Veterinary Graduate who intends to enter the world of expertise in Courts. The objective of this training is to take the veterinary professionals through a complete development, training them through a solid education to be able to intervene with judgment and responsibility in any legal proceeding to which they may be called. 

Get a complete and adequate qualification in Civil Veterinary Expertise and open new paths to your professional progress"

This Postgraduate Diploma in Animal Abuse Expertise offers you the characteristics of a course of high scientific, teaching and technological level.  These are some of its most notable features:

• The latest technology in online teaching software
• A highly visual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic contents that are easy to assimilate and understand
• Practical cases presented by practising experts
• State-of-the-art interactive video systems.
• Teaching supported by telepractice
• Continuous updating and recycling systems
• Autonomous learning: full compatibility with other occupations
• Practical exercises for self-evaluation and learning verification
• Support groups and educational synergies: questions to the expert, debate and knowledge forums.
• Communication with the teacher and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection
• Supplementary documentation databases are permanently available, even after the course

With a methodological design based on proven teaching techniques, this Postgraduate Diploma in TECH will take you through different teaching approaches to allow you to learn in a dynamic and effective way"

Our teaching staff is made up of professionals from different fields related to this specialty. In this way, TECH ensures that we provide you with the up-to-date training we are aiming for. A multidisciplinary team of professionals trained and experienced in different environments, who will develop the theoretical knowledge in an efficient way, but above all, they will put at the service of the course the practical knowledge derived from their own experience: one of the differential qualities of this training.

This mastery of the subject is complemented by the effectiveness of the methodological design of this Postgraduate Diploma in Animal Abuse Expertise. Developed by a multidisciplinary team of   e-Learning experts, it integrates the latest advances in educational technology. In this way, the students will be able to study with a set of comfortable and versatile multimedia tools that will give them the operability they need in their training.  

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning: an approach that conceives learning as a highly practical process. To achieve this remotely, we will use telepractice:  with the help of an innovative interactive video system, and Learning from an Expert you will be able to acquire the knowledge as if you were facing the scenario you are currently learning. A concept that will allow students to integrate and memorize what they have learnt in a more realistic and permanent way. 

With the experience of professionals from the judiciary, prosecution, law, veterinary and university fields"

A Postgraduate Diploma in Animal Abuse Expertise that will allow you to acquire all the necessary knowledge in this area"

The contents of this Postgraduate Diploma have been developed by the different experts involved in the program, with a clear purpose: to ensure that our students acquire each and every one of the necessary skills to become true experts in this field. A complete and well-structured program that will take you to the highest standards of quality and success.

This Postgraduate Diploma in Animal Abuse Expertise contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market”

Module 1. Veterinary Law Euthanasia Forensic Aspects of Veterinary Medicine Anamnesis, Thanatology and Forensic Toxicology Veterinary Necropsy

1.1.    Veterinary Law

1.1.1.    Introduction
1.1.2.    Importance and Division of Veterinary Law
1.1.3.    Veterinary Legal Applications
1.1.4.    Legal Standards and its Understanding
1.1.5.    Search for Legislation and its Practical Application

1.2.    Euthanasia

1.2.1.    Introduction
1.2.2.    Physical and Chemical Agents
1.2.3.    Application in Different Animal Species
1.2.4.    Euthanasia in Animal Experimentation
1.2.5.    Legal Aspects of Euthanasia

1.3.    Forensic Aspects of Veterinary Medicine I

1.3.1.    Introduction
1.3.2.    Medical History
1.3.3.    Methodology of Work at the Scene of the Event
1.3.4.    In Vivo Species Identification
1.3.5.    Sampling of Live Animals

1.4.    Forensic Aspects of Veterinary Medicine II

1.4.1.    Sampling of the Corpse
1.4.2.    Species Identification (Molecular Techniques)
1.4.3.    Anatomopathological Examination (Types of Pathologies)

1.5.    Forensic Thanatology I

1.5.1.    Introduction
1.5.2.    Types of Death
1.5.3.    Prodromes of Death
1.5.4.    Cadaveric Phenomena
1.5.5.    Data of Death

1.6.    Forensic Thanatology II and Forensic Traumatology

1.6.1.    Forensic Entomology
1.6.2.    Forensic Traumatology
1.6.3.    Lesions Contusions Injuries Fractures
1.6.4.    Choking Electrocution Burns Lightning

1.7.    Forensic Toxicology I

1.7.1.    General Principles
1.7.2.    Main Toxics of Veterinary Concern
1.7.3.    General Diagnosis of Poisoning

1.8.    Forensic Toxicology II

1.8.1.     Phases of Chemical-Toxicological Analysis
1.8.2.    Chemical Methods
1.8.3.    Instrumental Techniques
1.8.4.    Quality Control of Toxicological Analysis
1.8.5.    Interpretation of the Analytical Result

1.9.    Necropsy

1.9.1.    Introduction
1.9.2.    Instruments and Specific Equipment
1.9.3.    General Guidelines for Necropsy in Mammals:

    1.9.3.1. External Examination
    1.9.3.2. Examination of Organs and Body Cavities

1.10.    Necropsy in Other Species: Birds, Fish, Reptiles...

1.10.1.    Birds
1.10.2.    Fish
1. 10.3.    Reptiles

Module 2. Criminal Liability of the Expert Intervention of the Veterinary Expert in Criminal Judicial Proceedings.

2.1.    The Expert in the Legal System

2.1.1.    Definition of Expert
2.1.2.    Purpose of Evidence in Criminal Proceedings
2.1.3.    Expert's Knowledge Incorporated in the Process
2.1.4.    Basic Concepts of Liability: Negligence, Carelessness, Recklessness, Diligence, Fault, Fraud, Frailty

2.2.    Criminal Liability

2.2.1.    Function of Criminal Law: Ultimate "Ratio Legis"
2.2.2.    Guiding Principles of Criminal Law
2.2.3.    Structure of the Crime:

    2.2.3.1. Action
    2.2.3.2. Type I:
    2.2.3.3. Unlawfulness
    2.2.3.4. Guilt

2.3.    The Crime of False Testimony in the Expert

2.3.1.    Essential Versus Non-Essential Falsehood
2.3.2.    Structure Elements of the Type

    2.3.2.1. Action Type
    2.3.2.2. Protected Legal Asset
    2.3.2.3. Typicality
    2.3.2.4. Unlawfulness
    2.3.2.5. Guilt

2.4.    The Crime of Bribery in the Expert

2.4.1.    Structure Elements of the Type:

    2.4.1.1. Action Type
    2.4.1.2. Protected Legal Asset
    2.4.1.3. Typicality
    2.4.1.4. Unlawfulness
    2.4.1.5. Guilt

2.5.    The Crime of Obstruction of Justice

2.5.1.    Crime Against Public Order
2.5.2.    Structure Elements of the Type:

    2.5.2.1. Action Type
    2.5.2.2. Protected Legal Asset
    2.5.2.3. Typicality
    2.5.2.4. Unlawfulness
    2.5.2.5. Guilt

2.6.    The Crime of Disobedience in the Expert

2.6.1.    Structure Elements of the Type:

    2.6.1.1. Action Type
    2.6.1.2. Protected Legal Asset
    2.6.1.3. Typicality
    2.6.1.4. Unlawfulness
    2.6.4.5. Guilt

2.7.    The Crime of Retaliation for the Expert's Performance in Criminal Proceedings

2.7.1.    The Crime of Coercion
2.7.2.    Prohibited Negotiations at the Expert's Office
2.7.3.    Structure Elements of the Criminal Types:

    2.7.3.1. Action Type
    2.7.3.2. Protected Legal Asset
    2.7.3.3. Typicality
    2.7.3.4. Unlawfulness
    2.7.3.5. Guilt

2.8.    Disloyalty

2.8.1.    Concealment of Documents
2.8.2.    Structure Elements of the Criminal Types:

    2.8.2.1. Action Type
    2.8.2.2. Protected Legal Asset
    2.8.2.3. Typicality
    2.8.2.4. Unlawfulness
    2.8.2.5. Guilt

2.9.    The Crime of Disclosure of a Secret

2.9.1.    Structure Elements of the Type:

    2.9.1.1. Action Type
    2.9.1.2. Protected Legal Asset
    2.9.1.3. Typicality
    2.9.1.4. Unlawfulness
    2.9.1.5. Guilt

2.10.    Intervention of the Veterinary Expert in Criminal Proceedings

2.10.1.    Types of Expert According to Appointment
2.10.2.    Appointment
2.10.3.    Acceptance
2.10.4.    Abstention Challenge Blemish
2.10.5.    Number of Experts According to Type of Proceeding
2.10.6.    Abbreviated Procedure Summary Procedure
2.10.7.    An Expert Report
2.10.8.    The Veterinary Expert at the Oral Hearing of the Trial

Module 3. The Veterinary Expert and Animal Abuse

3.1.    Evolution of the Crime of Mistreatment to its Current Content

3.1.1.    EXCLUSIVO DE ESPAÑA
3.1.2.    EXCLUSIVO DE ESPAÑA EXCLUSIVO DE ESPAÑA
3.1.3.    EXCLUSIVO DE ESPAÑA EXCLUSIVO DE ESPAÑA
3.1.4.    EXCLUSIVO DE ESPAÑA
3.1.5.    Main Developments

3.2.    Animal Welfare and Evolution of Legislation

3.2.1.    Introduction
3.2.2.    Evolution of Welfare Research
3.2.3.    European Legislation
3.2.4.    EXCLUSIVO DE ESPAÑA
3.2.5.    Regional Administrative Regulations 

3.3.    Boundaries Between Criminal and Administrative Offenses

3.3.1.    Introduction
3.3.2.    Abuse
3.3.3.    Other Behaviors
3.3.4.    Mutilations
3.3.5.    Substance Supply
3.3.6.    Abandonment
3.3.7.    Lack of Food
3.3.8.    Transport
3.3.9.    Filming 

3.4.    Types of Animal Abuse

3.4.1.    Protected Animals
3.4.2.    Acts of Abuse
3.4.3.    Serious Health Impairment
3.4.4.    Aggravated and Super Aggravated Cases
3.4.5.    Attenuated Type

3.5.    Other Behaviors

3.5.1.    Sexual Exploitation
3.5.2.    Abandonment
3.5.3.    Bankruptcy Matters
3.5.4.    Application of the Common Provisions of Title XVI

3.6.    Jurisprudence

3.6.1.    Compilation of Rulings on Animal Abuse
3.7.    Environmental Sections of the Prosecutor's Offices
3.7.1.    Principles
3.7.2.    Organization
3.7.3.    Practical Experiences

3.8.    Criminal Investigation of Animal Abuse

3.8.1.    General Principles of Process
3.8.2.    Notitia Críminis and Complaint Network Detection
3.8.3.    Identification and Location of the Perpetrator
3.8.4.    Action in Case of Abandonment
3.8.5.    Owner's Liability

3.9.    The Veterinarian and the Criminal Procedure

3.9.1.    Communication of Abuse Obligation
3.9.2.    Veterinarian's Responsibility
3.9.3.    Expert Reports on Animal Abuse

A comprehensive teaching program, structured in well-developed teaching units, oriented towards learning that is compatible with your personal and professional life"