ADDITIONAL INFO: Ugh. My Margo. Again.

[micstrachan]

Oh, wow! I sent Margo’s body to Davis. Next time I’ll ship to Turlock!

 

[casportpony]

Oh, wow! I sent Margo’s body to Davis. Next time I’ll ship to Turlock!

You can always call and bug them.

 

[micstrachan]

This arrived in my inbox this morning:

Maybe I’ll get a prelim today! Or Friday.

 

[Kiki]

This arrived in my inbox this morning:
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Maybe I’ll get a prelim today! Or Friday.

Call them today???

 

[casportpony]

Call them today???

I would have called last night!

 

[micstrachan]

PRELIMINARY REPORT:

No gross diagnosis, no significant lesions

7/3/2019: The cause of this bird's demise is not apparent the postmortem examination. I collected liver and lung swabs for bacterial cultures and will examine the tissues microscopically to determine significant lesions. Influenza surveillance is also pending.

Examined is the carcass of a female chicken in very good body condition and mild autolysis. The head is decapitated do euthanasia method. The lungs are red tinged. A well-formed shelled egg is diagonally to horizontally located in the shell gland.

All tissues are unremarkable on postmortem examination.

 

[micstrachan]

They examine all the organs, right? So if she had an impacted gizzard or something it would have been noted, right?

 

[Kathy Golla]

Yeah they do a body autopsy. They would have noticed anything abnormal with anything they could see with their eyes. And these folks see a lot of chicken parts.
Unbelievable.
The plot thickens.
Did they say anything more about what other tests they sent out? I don’t know if there is a certain range they do, or tests just based on what they observe with the body.

 

[Kiki]

I'm going to wait to say anything until the bacterial report cones back.

 

[micstrachan]

I'm going to wait to say anything until the bacterial report cones back.

Sounds good. Her red face was a slightly darker red and she felt very hot, so I won’t be surprised if it comes back as a raging infection.