*GRAPHIC PHOTOS*Necropsy help? What am I looking at

[Littletrees]

one of my coturnix hens passed away last night. No idea of what but I wanted to see if I could find out why. I have tons of pictures I’m just not sure what I’m looking at. I’m in human medicine not avian so I’m lost. Can someone be able to tell me what normal and if there’s any abnormalities or point me in the right direction? I’ll post pictures if someone can help!

 

[Debbie292d]

one of my coturnix hens passed away last night. No idea of what but I wanted to see if I could find out why. I have tons of pictures I’m just not sure what I’m looking at. I’m in human medicine not avian so I’m lost. Can someone be able to tell me what normal and if there’s any abnormalities or point me in the right direction? I’ll post pictures if someone can help!

Go ahead and post pictures as I know many do or know chicken innards, and there's probably several who have done necropsy on quail too.

I'd put them as a reply with a graphic warning above them or in a spoiler in case someone prefers not to see them.

 

[Kiki]

Post the pics. I butcher quail regularly.

 

[Kiki]

No that's her right lung!

The lungs are smaller than that.

 

[Nabiki]

The only thing that I see that looks wrong is the liver. It's very pale. @007Sean That's definitely not a lung. The lungs were in the picture with the heart.

 

[Kiki]

Helpful hint.
If you need to open a bird up again in the future, it's best to just cut along each side of the spine to open it up and then you don't have to worry about cutting up the breast meat to get to the innards.

 

[Littletrees]

Helpful hint.
If you need to open a bird up again in the future, it's best to just cut along each side of the spine to open it up and then you don't have to worry about cutting up the breast meat to get to the innards.

I wasn’t concerned about her meat that’s why I went in sternum vs spine.

 

[Littletrees]

Ok, I answered some of those posts too!...looked like there was a piece of plastic or a beetle in her droppings.
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Yes! I responded and said it was trash that got thrown on top.

 

[casportpony]

No blood. Had passed 16ish hours prior all blood still where it should have been

With the liver so pale, I thought maybe it was some sort of hemorrhage.

 

[Littletrees]

She was 4 months old and not laying yet?

Daily layer since 5weeks old.