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[[Image:Organ_position_+labels.jpg|250px|thumb|right|'''Organ positions''' © RVC]]
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==External examination==
==External examination==
# Measure and weigh the snake and examine the external features.
# Measure and weigh the snake and examine the external features.
# Check the skin for bite wounds, bruising, bleeding, ulcerations, burns, swellings, scars, retained shed and ectoparasites.
# Check the [[Snake Skin|skin]] for bite wounds, bruising, bleeding, ulcerations, [[Snake Vesicular Dermatitis|burns]], [[Snake Lumps and Bumps|swellings]], scars, [[Snake Dysecdysis|retained shed]] and [[Snake Mites|ectoparasites]].
# Examine the nares, spectacles, eyes, oral cavity and cloaca.
# Examine the nares, spectacles, [[Snake Eye|eyes]], oral cavity and [[Cloaca|cloaca]].
# Assess the musculoskeletal system for body condition and palpate for pathology of the vertebra.
# Assess the [[Snake Musculoskeletal System|musculoskeletal system]] for body condition and palpate for pathology of the vertebra.
==Internal examination==
==Internal examination==
# Open the coelomic cavity. Split the fat body in the median line to expose the organs. Check for fluid.
# Open the coelomic cavity. Split the fat body in the median line to expose the organs. Check for fluid.
# Take a sterile sample of any abnormal gut contents, make a smear in saline.
# Take a sterile sample of any abnormal gut contents, make a smear in saline.
# Wash the gut contents out in saline, examine for signs of parasites.
# Wash the gut contents out in saline, examine for signs of parasites.
# Inspect the gonads to sex definitively.
# Inspect the gonads to sex definitively
==Picture gallery==
<gallery widths="115px" perrow="6">
Image:Amazonian_tree_boa.jpg|'''External examination''' <br> © RVC
Image:Organ_position_+labels.jpg|'''Organ positions'''<br> © RVC
Image:Bumese_python_liver_+_seosa-sheath_+_fat_tissue.jpg|'''Liver, serosa and fat tissue''' <br> © RVC
Image:Burmese_python_heart_in_situ.jpg|'''Heart''' <br> © RVC
Image:Boa_constrictor_liver_+_lung_in_situ.jpg|'''Liver and lung''' <br> © RVC
</gallery>
<gallery widths="115px" perrow="6">
Image:Boa_constrictor_gall_bladder_pancreas_ovarium_in_situ.jpg|'''Gall bladder, pancreas and ovarium''' <br> © RVC
</gallery>
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|literature search = [http://www.cabdirect.org/search.html?q=((((title:(post+mortem)+OR+subject:(post+mortem)))+OR+((+subject:(pathology)))+OR+((title:(necropsy)+OR+subject:(necropsy)))))+AND+((title:(snake)+OR+ab:(snake)+OR+od:(snakes)))+NOT+od:(horses) Snake Necropsy publications]
|full text = [http://www.cabi.org/cabdirect/FullTextPDF/2010/20103181631.pdf '''Reptile pathology: getting the most out of pathology.''' St. Leger, J.; The North American Veterinary Conference, Gainesville, USA, Small animal and exotics. Proceedings of the North American Veterinary Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, 16-20 January 2010, 2010, pp 1714-1716, 5 ref.]
[http://www.cabi.org/cabdirect/FullTextPDF/2005/20053197440.pdf '''The reptile necropsy: collection and submission of pathologic samples.''' Garner, M. M.; Eastern States Veterinary Association, Gainesville, USA, Small animal and exotics. Proceedings of the North American Veterinary Conference, Volume 19, Orlando, Florida, USA, 8-12 January, 2005, 2005, pp 1275-1277]
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