Necropsy Flashcards
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Necropsy
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Exam of animal after its death to determine any disease that were present during life
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Histopathology
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Microscopic eval of tissue disease
3
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Pathology
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Study of disease
4
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Lesion
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Any abnormality of tissue
5
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Pathogenesis
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Sequence of events that leads to disease
6
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Necropsy purpose (4)
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- Determine the disease process or processes that led to the animals death
- Eval the accuracy of clinical diagnosis
- Eval the effectiveness or conseq of therapeutic measures
- Diag for herd health; prevention of herd disease
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Effective necropsy
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- Knowledge of anatomy
- Systematic eval
- Sample collection
- Hx of live animal and necropsy findings
- Images of findings
- Proper prep (shipping etc)
8
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Collection of samples
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- Histopath
- Cystology
- Microbio
- Bacteria
- Virus
- Fungal - Toxicology
- Parasitology
9
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Collection of samples
Cult samples
intesintal eval
contact lab
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- Preservation of & shipping od samples is essential
- Cult samples should be collected rapidly after necropsy
10
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Biohazard concerns
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- Large amounts of body fluids and blood
- Personnel should always consider biohaz to themselves and lab personnel
- rabies
- mycobacterium
- lepto
- aspergillosis - label all potential biohaz clearly!!
11
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rabies, in the event…
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- Head needs to be immediately submitted to the state diagnostic laboratory (within 24hrs of death) with appropriate forms
- Essential that the head be kept chilled, not frozen
- Necropsy on body should not be done until results in
- Techs should not preform decapitation of rabies sus unless trained!!
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Toxicology
If suspected for poisoning…
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13
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Body preservation
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- Should be preformed ASAP after death
- If delay, body should be refrigerated & rapidly cooled
- ASAP after death, tissue decay begins in delicate tissues
- If body is frozen then thawed,
14
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Equipment
PPE
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- PPE
- Apron or dispo gown
3.
15
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Instruments
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Sx
- Dispo: scalpels, scissors, forceps, bone cutters
Other
- Saws
- Necropsy knives
- Sharpeners
