RECORD OF POST MORTEM EXAMINATION OF TIGER
RECORD OF POST MORTEM EXAMINATION
SPECIES: PROTECTED AREA:
AGE: LOCALITY:
SEX: HABITAT:
CAPTIVE/WILD: WEATHER:
WEIGHT: DATE & TIME OF DEATH:
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE: TIME OF PM EXAMINATION:
I. HISTORY OF DEATH/ OUTBREAK
1. Clinical signs before death:
2. Surroundings of the carcass:
3. Other information:
II. EXTERNAL EXAMINATION
BODY CONDITION INDEX: PRESENCE OF WOUNDS:
RIGOR MORTIS:
SUPERFICIAL LYMPH GLANDS: MUCOUS-MEMBRANE:
NATURAL ORIFICES OTHER ABNORMALITIES:
III. INTERNAL EXAMINATION
A. SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE
B. BODY CAVITIES
1. POSITION OF VISCERAL ORGANS
2.PERITONEAL CAVITY
3.PLEURAL CAVITY AND PLEURA
C.RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
1. LARYNX
2. BRONCHI AND BRONCHIOLES
3. LUNGS (Appearance & colour)
4. LYMPH GLAND
5. DIAPHRAGM
D. HEPATIC SYSTEM
1. LIVER (Appearance, size, colour)
2. LIVER TISSUE
3. GALL BLADDER
4. LYMPH GLAND
E. CIRCULATORY & LYMPHATIC SYSTEMS
1. Pericardial SAC
2. Heart Muscle
3. Heart Chambers
4. Large Blood Vessels
5. Small Blood Vessels (Mesenteric)
6. Spleen (Appearance, size, colour)
7. Splenic Tissue
F. DIGESTIVE TRACT
1. PHARYNX
2. OESOPHAGUS
3. STOMACH (i) Rumen
(ii) Reticulum
(iii) Omasum
(iv) Abomasum
4. SMALL INTESTINES (i) Duodenum
(ii) Jejunum
(iii) Ileum
5. LARGE INTESTINES (i) Colon
(ii) Caecum
(iii) Rectum
6 LYMPH GLANDS (Mesenteric)
G. UROGENITAL ORGANS
1.URINARY BLADDER
2. KIDNEYS (Appearance)
3. KIDNEYS (Colour and appearance)
4. REPRODUCTIVE (i) Testes/ Ovary
ORGANS
(ii) Penis/Uterus
5. LYMPH GLANDS
H. HEAD
1. BUCCAL & NASAL CAVITIES
2. TONGUE
3. BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
I MUSCULATURE
J. SKELETON
IV. SUMMARY OF MAJOR FINDINGS
V. SPECIMENS COLLECTED FOR LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS
1) 4)
2) 5)
3) 6)
VI. PROVISIONAL DIAGNOSIS
