Autopsy, also called necropsy, postmortem, or postmortem examination, dissection and examination of a dead body and its organs and structures.
Not the nicest place to perform a necropsy but it does allow us to get an accurate weight on an animal that would be too big to weigh anywhere else".
A 13.8 metre long sperm whale that washed up on an Edinburgh beach has been pictured in the back of the lorry transporting its body to landfill for a necropsy.
A necropsy is being performed to determine whether it was alive when it was hit.
On their Facebook page, the SMASS said the necropsy was taking place at the landfill site because the size of the whale meant their only option was to remove the carcass as landfill.
When wildlife officials conducted a necropsy, they found that it had died from a gunshot wound.
Dr. Alvarez, of the Mayo Clinic, made a study of 43 fatal cases diagnosed as ptomain poisoning, necropsy revealed in every instance some other cause of death.
Turns out it had eaten a 76-pound female deer, which was discovered by biologists during a necropsy.
The board has conducted drug tests and environmental toxicology sampling, and scoured necropsy reports.
From there, I hike in to perform a necropsy on the moose carcass that the Chippewa Harbor Pack abandoned a couple of days ago.
She sat with Noho's body for an hour, waiting for others to come and heft the seal into an insulated body bag so it could be driven into town for a necropsy, or animal autopsy.
