necropsy

This bird died at my friends house while I was in my way over to dispatch it. Upon inspection, the lungs (?) and the fat around the gizzard had these nodules. I was in a hurry and didn’t look too much further, but she also had a large volume of green fluid and a little bit of smelly/eggy debris...

Hello all, Unfortunately one of my four year old chickens passed last night. After I'd noticed her slowing down a bit and getting some poop stuck to her tail feathers (not diarrhea, but definitely not normal for her) I took her into the vet. We tested for parasites alongside having her undergo...

**Graphic pics** Looking for insight from anyone who may have knowledge to share! My favorite little hen (9 month old Orpington) died on Monday night and I attempted a basic necropsy (my first time). Her symptoms: 3 days before death she seemed slightly less active first thing in the morning...

I have just had my 3rd chicken go in one month. She was a 4y/o isa brown, in previous good weight and health, though with a palpable mass in her abdomen since a year. She presented with worsening neurological symptoms - day one she seemed to walk a little stiffly, and her vision seemed impaired...

This guy is from my first hatch and I’ve always wondered why it was so little and perfectly formed at the same time. It is a KO Shamo.

I received my turkey poults 4 days ago and nearly half of them have died. The healthy ones are doing great, but those who died just faded and wouldn’t eat or drink despite being shown where food and water was. Figured it was the stress of being shipped across the country… I cut two open and...

The rest of the batch is doing well, but this one didn’t make it. I decided to do a necropsy in hopes of determining what went wrong. There’s a strange white coagulation I haven’t seen in my other egg necropsies His head was tucked inward rather than pointed out, away from the air cell or egg...

Here is a previous thread about this hen Was her deterioration due to the impacted gizzard or was that due to her weakening body? I was honestly expecting mareks since we had another put down a month earlier and results were mareks but not pcr verified. I feel really bad if she was going...

I went outside to find Cinnamon, one of my coturnix quail, dead. :( Poor girl. I would like to save some of her feathers, and do a necropsy RIGHT NOW. I have never done this before. What tools should I use? Pictures to come soon, and they will be graphic.

Our Salmon Faverolle hen (almost 3 years old) started showing symptoms of an issue a week ago. She stopped eating and drinking, started acting lethargic. She refused to get on the roost at night and acted uncomfortable if put up, but would stay on it. Noticed severe weight loss and head...

Hi, My pullet with a suspected respiratory disease unfortunately died this morning, but I'm glad she's out of her misery. After she died I called an avian vet who would have been able to do a necropsy for her but she won't be back in the office for a few more days. I really want to get her...

Not sure if I’m playing in the right spot, but today we did a necropsy on one of my birds that had passed away today. She was gaping and wheezing- no other symptoms of respiratory. When we opened her up, it looked like she had a hole in her right lung and it was filled with blood. Her heart was...

Hello- my 3 yo sex link started acting poorly yesterday. No other birds are having issues. Background: yesterday morning initially she hung back in the coop during morning feeding but came out when I opened the door, so I didn't think much of it. By yesterday afternoon she was lethargic - just...

Hello! I've decided to make this thread for quail necropsies to help people recognize common issues in backyard flocks. I'm going to post here in a case study style format, so feel free to follow along! I'll have a guide to a full necropsy within a few weeks (when it's time for my roos to go to...

I am lucky to live very close to one of the only poultry pathology labs in the state of California, so when I lose a bird (which does not happen often, thankfully), I can have a thorough necropsy performed for only $25. I am attaching a recent necropsy report for my oldest hen as I am sure...

So I purchased 16 3/4 week old Muscovy ducklings on June 15, 2019 by June 27, 2019 I lost 7. on June 19th I sent them one deceased duckling off for a Necropsy. I don't have all of the official results back yet, the lab and the vet have just been awesome. We lost our first duckling on June 16...

Sad story. I've been losing birds to an unknown illness. Finally decided to have one sick bird euthanized and sent in for neceopsy to save the rest of the flock. I accidently had the wrong one euthanized (so mad about that) and the actual sick died two days later (which was yesterday). I used...

I'm hoping to figure out why my 3 year old Amberlink hen died a few weeks ago, to prevent it from happening to my other chickens. Here is what happened: Weekend: Amberlink and my one other hen (Buff Orpington, 3 years old) both appeared healthy, except that the Amberlink hasn't laid an egg in...

Hoping someone can help me try and figure out what might have happened... In brief: 8 week domestic drake, found dead, no sign of illness or injury in good weight, last seen in apparently good health, energetic, eating well, normal everything, 2 siblings have suddenly started limping at same...

Does anyone know where this could be done in NJ?