Difference between revisions of "Snake Necropsy"
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| − | Image:Amazonian_tree_boa.jpg|'''External examination''' <br> | + | Image:Amazonian_tree_boa.jpg|'''External examination''' <br> © RVC |
| − | Image:Organ_position_+labels.jpg|'''Organ positions'''<br> | + | Image:Organ_position_+labels.jpg|'''Organ positions'''<br> © RVC |
| − | Image:Bumese_python_liver_+_seosa-sheath_+_fat_tissue.jpg|'''Liver, seosa and fat tissue''' <br> | + | Image:Bumese_python_liver_+_seosa-sheath_+_fat_tissue.jpg|'''Liver, seosa and fat tissue''' <br> © RVC |
| − | Image:Burmese_python_heart_in_situ.jpg|'''Heart''' <br> | + | Image:Burmese_python_heart_in_situ.jpg|'''Heart''' <br> © RVC |
| − | Image:Boa_constrictor_liver_+_lung_in_situ.jpg|'''Liver and lung''' <br> | + | Image:Boa_constrictor_liver_+_lung_in_situ.jpg|'''Liver and lung''' <br> © RVC |
| − | Image:Boa_constrictor_gall_bladder_pancreas_ovarium_in_situ.jpg|'''Gall bladder, pancreas and ovarium''' <br> | + | Image:Boa_constrictor_gall_bladder_pancreas_ovarium_in_situ.jpg|'''Gall bladder, pancreas and ovarium''' <br> © RVC |
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[[Category:Snake_Examination]] | [[Category:Snake_Examination]] | ||
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External examination
- 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.
- Examine the nares, spectacles, eyes, oral cavity and cloaca.
- Assess the musculoskeletal system for body condition and palpate for pathology of the vertebra.
Internal examination
- Open the coelomic cavity. Split the fat body in the median line to expose the organs. Check for fluid.
- Examine all organs in a systematic manner - liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, heart, large vessels, thyroid, lung, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, kidneys, gonads, adrenal glands and eventually the brain.
- Open trachea, lungs, heart, oesophagus, stomach and the intestinal tract, and section other organs as necessary.
- Take swabs as appropriate including heart blood, liver, spleen and kidney.
- Take sterile smear of heart blood for staining.
- Put liver, lung, kidney, spleen and intestine in both formal saline (transfer to 70% ethanol after 48 hours) and frozen in sterile container.
- Make impression smears of different parts of intestines.
- 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.
- Inspect the gonads to sex definitively
External examination
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Organ positions
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Liver, seosa and fat tissue
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Heart
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Liver and lung
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Gall bladder, pancreas and ovarium
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