Necropsy Techniques for Examining Wildlife Samples

✍ Scribed by Isabel Pires, Andreia Garcês

• Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 197
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In this handbook, the authors provide a practical, easily accessible guide of necropsy techniques for examining wildlife. Chapters introduce the reader to the value of necropsy in studying wildlife in general, sample collection methods, cadaveric phenomena and necropsy techniques for a variety of organisms ranging from invertebrates to mammals. The book addresses some of the peculiar characteristics of veterinary autopsy specific to different types of specimens. The goal of this book is to equip the reader with the information necessary to conduct a forensic examination in order to reach a conclusive diagnosis of an animal’s death, while also understanding it in an ecological context. Necropsy Techniques for Examining Wildlife Samples is intended as an essential handbook for students and professionals of biology, zoology and veterinary medicine as well as professionals, who work in natural parks, wildlife rehabilitation centers and biological or zoological parks as conservationists, researchers or animal handlers.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title
Copyright
End User License Agreement
Contents
Preface
Necropsy in Wildlife
THE IMPORTANCE OF POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION IN THE WILDLIFE
FORENSIC WILDLIFE NECROPSY
RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH WILDLIFE NECROPSY
ANTE-MORTEM HISTORY
NATURAL DEATH VS. EUTHANASIA
Amphibians and Reptiles
Invertebrates
Fish and Aquatic Invertebrates
Terrestrial Mammals
Birds
MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT
THE NECROPSY REPORT
REFERENCES
Sample Collection
SAMPLING
HISTOLOGY
MICROBIOLOGY
PARASITOLOGY
GENETIC
TOXICOLOGY
CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
Cadaveric Phenomenons
POST-MORTEM CHANGES
THE ABIOTIC MEDIATE OR CONSECUTIVE PHENOMENA
BIOTIC CADAVERIC PHENOMENA
REFERENCES
Necropsy in Wild Birds
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
EXTERNAL EXAM
INTERNAL EXAM
Endocrine system and hematopoietic system
Cardiovascular System
Digestive System and Annexed Glands
Respiratory System
Urinary System
Genital System
Nervous System
Locomotive System
REFERENCES
Necropsy in Wild Mammals
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
EXTERNAL EXAMINATION
INTERNAL EXAM
Cardiovascular System
Respiratory System
Digestive System and Annexed Glands
Endocrine and Hematopoietic System
Urinary System
Genital System
Nervous System
Musculoskeletal System
REFERENCES
Necropsy in Reptiles
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
SUBORDER OPHIDIA
General Considerations Before the Necropsy
External Exam
Internal Exam
SUBORDER SAURIA
General Considerations Before the Necropsy
External Exam
Internal Exam
ORDER CROCODYLIA
General Considerations Before the Necropsy
External Exam
Internal Exam
ORDER TESTUDINATA
General Considerations Before the Necropsy
External Exam
Internal Exam
REFERENCES
Necropsy in Amphibians
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
EXTERNAL EXAM
INTERNAL EXAM
REFERENCES
Necropsy in Invertebrates
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
EXTERNAL EXAM
INTERNAL EXAM
REFERENCES
Necropsy in Fish
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
EXTERNAL EXAM
INTERNAL EXAM
REFERENCES
Necropsy in Eggs
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
EXTERNAL EXAM
INTERNAL EXAM
REFERENCES
Subject Index
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