UF Animal Forensics Conference 2024: Forensic Entomology (Bugs!!!) with Jason Byrd

05/21/24 • 14 min

We are in person at the 2024 Animal Forensic Conference in Gainesville, Florida! Dr. G will be interviewing several of the speakers to give our audience a bit of the knowledge gained through the presentations. We will be releasing each interview individually to allow our listeners to find topics of interest.

Dr. Jason Byrd, Board Certified Forensic Entomologist, discusses the use and importance of insect collection at crime scenes and from deceased animals, how to submit them, and the information that can be obtained from this forensic tool.

We would also like to invite our listeners involved in animal cruelty investigations to visit and join the International Society for Animal Forensic Sciences https://isafs.org/

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05/21/24 • 14 min

The Animal Welfare Junction - UF Animal Forensics Conference 2024: Forensic Entomology (Bugs!!!) with Jason Byrd

Transcript

DrG00:00:04.954

Next guest is Dr. Jason Byrd. Thank you very much and welcome to The Junction.

Jason Byrd00:00:08.924

Thanks for having me.

DrG00:00:09.844

So, what is your background and how does it relate to the field of forensics?

Jason Byrd00:00:14.114

Well, so I'm a forensic entomologist, and, uh, we specialize in using insects to help us determine, uh, most commonly i

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