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08-26-2012, 01:31 PM
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Autopsy Of A Polish Bantam
Her illness extended over four weeks. Her symptoms were: *Lethargy/sleepiness, head droopiness *Shaking head jerkily on occasion *Round worms *Some right side and right leg paralysis increasing toward the end *Some respiratory mucas at end Taking all findings into consideration, the cause of death appeared to be a vitamin K deficiency, extremely bad infection in the reproductive area, infectious synovitis of the kidneys and a strain of salmonella. 1. Evidence of vomitting at end. ![]() 2. Method of entry through chest wall ![]() 3. Chest opened ![]() 4. Heart near centre of liver ![]() 5. Pink lung being detached from chest wall ![]() 6. Inflammed lung being detached ![]() 7. Heart and lungs removed - one lung appears inflammed ![]() 8. Heart bisected, normal in appearance ![]() 9. Sliced lung showing congestion ![]() 10. Crop ![]() 11. Liver and gall bladder ![]() 12. Pancreas? ![]() 13. Granular kidneys ![]() 14. Intestine ![]() 15. Gizzard opened ![]() 16. Underside of liver ![]() 17. Top part of trachea ![]() 18. View inside mouth ![]() 19. Opened crop ![]() 20. Ceca ![]() 21. Ceca opened, smell was putrid ![]() 22. Tubes going to vent ![]() 23. Vent opened |
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08-26-2012, 01:58 PM
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Re: Autopsy Of A Polish Bantam
I sourced it from a poultry forum. The top text is heavily edited by me (it was long wattle, I mean waffle before I like animal autopsies, they're fascinating and the similarity in their organs and ours is quite mind-blowing. |