Did my first peachick necropsy on a ten day old chick. Chick hatched with a larger than normal belly and it never got smaller:
-Kathy
Edited to add:
More pics to follow
-Kathy
Edited to add:
More pics to follow
Last edited:
Peachick Necropsy Pictures - Graphic
- Thread starter casportpony
- Start date
- Thread starter
- #2
More:
-Kathy
-Kathy
- Aug 15, 2009
- 414
- 49
- 148
Any conclusion ? Looks like the yoke is still there....George
- Thread starter
- #4
This one was interesting... You're correct, the yolk is still there even though it should have been absorbed by this age. Still have lots more pictures to share, along with what I researched. Times like this I wish I had sent it off for necropsy.
Since doing this, I learned that birds have a Meckel's diverticulum, which looks like this:
Had I know about this, I wold have tried to check it for an obstruction. More pictures to come.
-Kathy
Last edited:
- Thread starter
- #5
Note the large large blob... that was the very enlarged spleen. Will post more pictures later.
-Kathy
-Kathy
- Thread starter
- #6
Last edited:
- Thread starter
- #7
Blood clots on heart and yellow liver
-Kathy
-Kathy
Very interesting. Great job, and great info. Thanks for sharing!
- Thread starter
- #9
Just did my second peachick necropsy on a 41 day old chick. Waiting for DH to get off the computer so I can post pictures. This one also failed to absorb it's yolk.
-Kathy
-Kathy
Wonderwend
In the Brooder
- May 8, 2015
- 84
- 30
- 43
That Liver was definitely not happy. Might have been being compressed by the pressure from the yolk sac, it looks an odd shape, and therefore the blood flow wasn't right.
The heart tissue looks very pale too. I've been looking at those 'clots'. They look decidedly well shaped. Are they just the contents of very friable Atria? I can see tissue striations around them. OR the Atria burst? Just a thought.
Fascinating
The heart tissue looks very pale too. I've been looking at those 'clots'. They look decidedly well shaped. Are they just the contents of very friable Atria? I can see tissue striations around them. OR the Atria burst? Just a thought.
Fascinating
Similar threads
New posts New threads Active threads
-
Latest threads
-
HELP!! Baby chick hatched with umbilical cord exposed
- Started by RainaA101
- Replies: 0
-
-
-
9 week old buff Brahma: pullet or Cockerel?- Started by MotherClukr
- Replies: 0
-
-
-
Threads with more replies in the last 15 days
-
Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!- Started by Nifty-Chicken
- Replies: 919
-
-
-
-
Can I get some help from someone with careless neighbours who own dogs.- Started by RiDaGeckoGuy
- Replies: 102
-
