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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. |
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| # 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 |
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