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Sampling Checklist

Histology (formalin-fixed): • Half of brain: sagittally sectioned between
hemispheres
• All grossly apparent lesions • Thyroids
• Heart (T-piece) • Adrenals
• Right and Left Lung, cranial and caudal lobes • Skin
• Liver • Eye
• Right and Left Kidney • Tongue
• Spleen • Trachea
• Lymph Nodes: subcutaneous and internal • Skeletal Muscle
• Peripheral nerve • Bone Marrow

GI tract: Fresh-Frozen

Monogastric species: Mammals:

• Stomach-fundus • Lung
• Stomach-pylorus • Spleen
• Liver
• Kidney
ruminants: • Half of brain: sagittally sectioned between
hemispheres
• Reticulum • GI tract
• Rumen
• Omasum
• Abomasum birds:

• Trachea
all Species: • Lung
• Spleen (if big enough after other samples)
• Duodenum • Liver
• Jejunum • Kidney
• Ileum • Half of brain: sagittally sectioned between
• Colon hemispheres
• Skin if suspicious (e.g. pox)
• GI tract
Hindgut Fermenters:

• Dorsal colon
• Ventral colon

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