Table 1. Presence of the external and internal macroscopic morphological characteristics in rats at different post-mortem intervals.
| Morphological changes | Frequency % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 h-PMI | 3 h-PMI | 6 h-PMI | 12 h-PMI | 24 h-PMI | |
| External | |||||
| Algor mortis (AM) | 0 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Livor mortis (LM) | 0 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Rigor mortis upper body (RMU) | 0 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Rigor mortis lower body (RML) | 0 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 0 |
| Drying (DR) | 0 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Generalized Edema (ED) | 0 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Hair loss (HL) | 0 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Abdomen green discoloration (AGD) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 100 |
| Abdominal distention (AD) | 0 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Internal | |||||
| Brain liquefaction (BL) | 0 | 40 | 60 | 100 | 100 |
| Brain edema (BE) | 0 | 20 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Discoloration of liver (DL) | 0 | 60 | 80 | 100 | 100 |
| Loss liver consistency (LLC) | 0 | 20 | 60 | 80 | 100 |
| Livor mortis muscle (LMM) | 0 | 60 | 60 | 100 | 100 |
| Bowel swelling (BS) | 0 | 20 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Ascites (AS) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Loss muscle consistency (LMC) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 |