I worked for 5 years as the senior necropsy technician at the Pennsylvania State University Animal Diagnostic Laboratory. If you don't know what a necropsy tech does, the above photo ought to elucidate that! :) A necropsy is a post-mortem exam on a species other than human. Most of our cases were calves, cows, chickens, turkeys, pigs, sheep, and deer; but we had the occasional elk, bear, emu, ostrich and tiger!

I have some photos of a calf and of two tigers that we necropsied. Click here to "begin rounds".

WARNING: It only gets more graphic from here!

Do not proceed if the above photo disturbed you.