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SWINE PRACTICE 



be used and found convenient. An improvised table will be found 

 1o be very convenient in autopsy ing pigs. 



After the autopsy has been completed all fragments and portions 

 of organs should be carefully segregated for tlieir proper disposal. 

 Specific instructions should be given the owner or caretaker for clean- 

 ing and disinfecting the pens or sheds that may have been contamin- 

 ated by the carcass or during the autopsy. All autopsy equipment, 

 including instruments and clothing, should be properly cleaned and 

 disinfected before leaving the premises unless special provision is 

 available for disinfection at the veterinarian's office, when a special 

 case should be provided into which all equipment for future disin- 

 fection should be placed at once. 



All records should be completed during the autopsy, and it is 

 advisable to have a carbon copy made, which may be left with the 

 owner. 



RECORDS 



A complete description of the case from the clinical history to 

 the deductions as to the cause of death should be recorded. The fol- 

 lowing form will be found convenient for the keeping of autopsy 

 records : 



Owner 



Breed 



History 



Address 



Age 



Color 



Animal 



Sex 



Symptoms 



Date of Death 



Date of Autopsy 



192 



hour 



M. 



192 



hour 



M. 



Skin and Sub-cut. Tissue 



Superficial Lymph Glands 



Voluntai-y Muscles 



Peritoneum 



Stomach 



Intestine, small 



Intestine, large 



