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wcc necropsy
WCC necropsy
| term | definition |
|---|---|
| Necropsy | to view death |
| autopsy | human only (auto = self) |
| necropsy reason | cause of death, nature of disease and pathology, confirm diagnosis |
| Record | Gross pathology, tentative diagnosis, histologic findings |
| Fixatives | neutral buffered formalin, |
| Information included | Signalment, Hx, Gross pathology finding, tentative diagnosis, Histological findings, lab findings |
| lesion description | objectively, location, #, color sz, shape, distribution, consistency, odor |
| storage | Refrigerate |
| main fixative | 10% neutral buffered formalin |
| tissue trimming | large enough, < 1 cm, normal and abnormal included |
| impression smear | small piece of tissue from lesion, blot, touch sample to clean microsope slid in ~7 places, stain with Dif-quik |
| pluck | tongue, esophagus, trachea and thyroid, lungs, thymus, heart |
| thoraic cavity incision | look for content size color and position of all organs |
| joints exam | coxofemoral joint(hip), stifle joint of 1 hindlimb (tibia femur), carpus (knee), elbow, shoulder of one forelimb |
| rabies protocol | entire head removed intact |
| rabies | only experienced tech, send whole body or if done in house head, |
| cosmetic necropsy | limited ot the abdomen and chest, does not pursue any other diseases |
| IFA | (blank) |
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