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*#* The ideal situation
 
*#* The ideal situation
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====Post Mortem Examination====
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====Post-Mortem Examination====
Specific function - discriminates between the observable structural changes to supply
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information on the
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* Post-mortem examination (PME) investigates the observable structural changes in the animal.
1. Aetiology (cause) and
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* Information is gained from post mortem examination on the disease withing th ebody or specific tissue. This information includes that on the
2. Pathogenesis (development)
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** Aetiology (cause).
of the disease within the body or tissue
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** Pathogenesis (development).
This necessitates a knowledge of the normal structure and function.
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* Several types of changes are encountered at post-mortem examination
Why discriminate?
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*# Changes due to the disease
Types of changes encountered at Post-mortem Examination (PME)
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*#* Lesions
1. changes due to the disease - lesions
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*# Changes that occur immediately prior to death
2. changes that occur immediately prior to death - agonal
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*#* Agonal
3. changes that occur after death - post-mortem
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*# Changes that occur after death
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*#* Post-mortem
    
====Techniques Involved in Pathological Examination====
 
====Techniques Involved in Pathological Examination====
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