Changes

==Post-Mortem Examination==

==Post-Mortem Examination==

* Post-mortem examination (PME) investigates the observable structural changes in the animal.

Post-mortem examination (PME) investigates the observable structural changes in the animal. Information relating to the disease within the body or specific tissue is gained from PME, including information on the disease's aetiology and pathogenesis.

* Information relating to the disease within the body or specific tissue is gained from PME.

 

** This includes information on the disease's

Several types of [[Post-Mortem Change - Pathology|changes]] are encountered at post-mortem examination.

*** Aetiology (cause).

* Those due to the '''disease''', including visible lesions

*Those occuring '''immediately prior to death''', known as [[Post-Mortem Change - Pathology#Agonal Changes|agonal changes]]

* Several types of [[Post-Mortem Change - Pathology|changes]] are encountered at post-mortem examination.

* Those occuring '''after death''', or post-mortem

*# Those due to the '''disease'''

*#* Lesions

*# Those occuring '''immediately prior to death'''

*#* [[Post-Mortem Change - Pathology#Agonal Changes|Agonal]]

*# Those occuring '''after death'''

*#* Post-mortem

==Techniques Involved in Pathological Examination==

==Techniques Involved in Pathological Examination==