necropsy

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A necropsy was conducted at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine on Tuesday, revealing that “almost the entire liver” was overtaken with cancerous tumors, Shepherd said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

Officials performed a necropsy, an autopsy for animals, and tissue samples were taken to be analysed.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2024

Yet Majrad’s death was especially devastating, conservationist Raza Kazmi reported: When researchers performed a necropsy, they found she’d been pregnant with triplets.

From Slate • May 25, 2024

The necropsy, an autopsy on an animal, was conducted on Tuesday, Gomez said.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024

Then, in mid-February, a Hazleton animal caretaker who will be called John Coleus was performing a necropsy on a dead monkey when he cut his thumb with a scalpel.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston