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What is the term used for the examination of an animal, after it has died, to determine the abnormal and disease-related changes that occurred during its life?
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Necropsy
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The term necropsy in Greek means?
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"Viewing the Dead"
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What is the term used for the study of disease, especially the causes and development of abnormal conditions?
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Pathology
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What is the term used for pathologic changes in tissue that are visible with the unaided eye?
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Gross Pathology
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What is the term used for pathologic changes in tissue that are microscopic and can be seen with the use of a microscope?
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Histopathology
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What is the term for alterations or abnormalities in a tissue (pathologic changes)?
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Lesions
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What is the term for the sequence of events that leads to or underlies a disease?
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Pathogenesis
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What are some of the reasons for a necropsy?
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Determine disease process or process that led to death.
Determine accuracy of clinical diagnosis. Evaluate positive or negative effects of therapeutic measures. |
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What does a succesful performance of necropsy require?
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Knowledge of Anatomy
Gross Pathology Systematic Technique for Examnations |
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Beyond the permission by the owner to perform a necropsy what is the first thing to be done?
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Signalment
ID Species, Breed, Sex, Age, ID Tags, Tattoos. |
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If a necropsy must be delayed what must be done?
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It should be refrigerated asap! Not frozen as that destroys and causes artifacts.
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How are all lesions recorded?
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Location (Caudal dorsal left lung lobe)
Number (one, two, hundreds) Color (red, green, yellow-tan) Size (measurements or weights) Shape (round, flat, spherical, stellate) Distribution (focal, multifocal, diffuse) Consistency (soft, firm, hard, rubbery) Odor (sweet, sour, ammonia) |
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All recordings in a necropsy should be recorded in what order and worded in what way?
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Usually recorded in order in which they are encountered.
And present or past tense used but not both. |
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What is very important when providing descriptions of all information encountered during a necropsy?
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They should be specific without a diagnosis of any type. Describe it as it is seen. Red spots ranging from 1mm to 3mm on lung lobes for example.
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What is the most widely used fixative used for preservation of tissue?
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Formalin
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What's the ratio of tissue to formalin that should be used?
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10:1 formalin to tissue ratio
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What ratio of formal do you use for whole brains, spinal cords, and bones?
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50% formalin
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What is the person peforming the necropsy called?
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The prosector
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What should be done with all equipment after necropsy?
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They should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.
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What do you do with tissues and specimens for bacteriology, mycology, and mycoplasma cultivation?
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They are collected aseptically, placed in either culturettes or sterile containers without preseervatives, and submitted to the laboratory without delay!
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What is the term for using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms?
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Aseptic
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The term for a special swab that goes in a tube for cultures?
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Culturette
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What are the locations for specimens collected for microbiology testing?
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Primary Site of Disease
and Regional Lymph Nodes |
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What's important to remember about collecting an intestine?
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It should be collected last and placed in a separate container to prevent contamination of other tissue samples.
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If you are submitting something to a specific lab for testing what is important to do?
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I need to contact that diagnostic laboratory for specific advice on which samples need to be collected, how they should be collected, and how they should be packaged and submitted. (Hazardus Material Too)
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