My 5ish year old African muttly just passed this evening. Fish was increasingly "obese" looking over the last year. 4 days ago, took on a more bloated appearance, stopped eating and became lethargic. Was going to put him out of his misery this weekend (past efforts to treat for everything from Malawi bloat to overeating were unsuccessful).
Anyways, I can't find any helpful (read--with pictures) guide on what I should have been looking for during an autopsy. So I did my best and took as many pics as I could with nobody to assist during the process. Please can someone look at these and tell me what I'm looking at. I have my ideas, but because the fish's insides were not the norm, I cannot for sure identify everything. More questions and explanations with the pics.
Upon initial incision, all bloating deflated in a rush of blood and fluids. Internal hemorrhaging I think, caused by what though? Not exactly sure.
After removal of hard organ located in the area of vent (consistancy and hardness close to hard boiled egg yolk, maybe harder). What concerns me here is what I think is a very large, very black liver beginning to show and what I think is the stomach just below it.
Closer inspection of hard mass. I have cut it open here after inspecting it for ruptures and found none.
Backside of hard organ. Note thickened white area.
Chopstick pointing to what I think is the stomach. What this says to me is that the hard mass was not the stomach but his intestines having been distended/impacted. Am I thinking right? Note the large dark organ, is this the liver? Lots of fatty globs on it too.
The rest are just more views of the various organs arranged differently. A kidney is found up front in one shot. I have amature ideas on what could have happened here, but would like to hear what you all think before I put ideas out there.
Anyways, I can't find any helpful (read--with pictures) guide on what I should have been looking for during an autopsy. So I did my best and took as many pics as I could with nobody to assist during the process. Please can someone look at these and tell me what I'm looking at. I have my ideas, but because the fish's insides were not the norm, I cannot for sure identify everything. More questions and explanations with the pics.
Upon initial incision, all bloating deflated in a rush of blood and fluids. Internal hemorrhaging I think, caused by what though? Not exactly sure.
After removal of hard organ located in the area of vent (consistancy and hardness close to hard boiled egg yolk, maybe harder). What concerns me here is what I think is a very large, very black liver beginning to show and what I think is the stomach just below it.
Closer inspection of hard mass. I have cut it open here after inspecting it for ruptures and found none.
Backside of hard organ. Note thickened white area.
Chopstick pointing to what I think is the stomach. What this says to me is that the hard mass was not the stomach but his intestines having been distended/impacted. Am I thinking right? Note the large dark organ, is this the liver? Lots of fatty globs on it too.
The rest are just more views of the various organs arranged differently. A kidney is found up front in one shot. I have amature ideas on what could have happened here, but would like to hear what you all think before I put ideas out there.
