Necropsia cosmética em aves
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2011-12-01
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Gonçalves, Guilherme Augusto Marietto [UNESP]
Salgado, Breno Souza [UNESP]
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Necropsy is a post-mortem criterious exam that helps in clinical diagnosis and consists in external and internal analysis of body cavities and organs of a corpse in order to determine the cause of death or to verify the extension and the nature of lesions caused by diseases. Considering the bonds between owners and their pets many veterinarians seems to visualize necropsy as a difficult task. This fact has gained great importance in avian Veterinary Medicine since bird owners have both love and economic bonds. Necropsy in often neglected in Veterinary Medicine although being a very important practice for the professional learning and also for reaching a reliable diagnosis of certain diseases. For this reason, this article aims to describe the procedure for performing avian cosmetic necropsy, which keeps the external characteristics of animals and increases the acceptance of owners by not disfiguring the corpse.
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Birds, Cosmetic necropsy, Human-pet bonding
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Archives of Veterinary Science, v. 16, n. 2, p. 9-17, 2011.