From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2004-07-10 01:57:39 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] JoJo''s initial Necropsy results
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <2347936.1089424659196.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Remember that pancreatic growths can be very small and the necropsy report doesn't say if a microscopic examination was done.
Pathology results are really needed.
Because the ferret had already died things like lividity and decomposition need to be taken into account in relation to what was seen. The gallbladder is going to show decomposition effects is as short a time as 2 hours, much of the digestive system in an little as 12 hours.
Some necropsy references:
I recommend past posts of Dr. Bruce Williams in
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org
and
http://listserv.cuny.edu/archives/ferret-search.html
including
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=YG3835
which says in part:
>I absolutely agree on all points.
>Remember that nothing short of
>freezing or preserving in formalin
>will stop the decomposition
>process - refrigeration simply slows it.
>All tissues decompose at their own pace
>- those involved in the
>digestive system tend to autodigest
>fastest, due to the presence of
digestive enzymes (gallbladder and
>pancreas - the fastest decomposers
>in the body), to the stomach, small
>intestine, and colon (which have
>some digestive juices as well as their
>own supply of bacteria to
>speed it along.) Depending on the
>composition of the other tissues,
>they all decompose at their own pace.
> Muscle and bone generally
>decomposes the slowest.
and the EXCELLENT
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=YG10682
and
http://listserv.cuny.edu/Scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0011&L=ferret-search&P=R30465
which everyone should read in full!
There are more to help, too.