necropsy

dissection

Anatomical cutting and examination

• examinationMethodical assessment or review
• incisionControlled cut into tissue
• scalpelPrecise surgical knife

tissue sampling · postmortem · evisceration · documentation · gross examination · sectioning · weighing · measuring · photography · protocol

animal

Multicellular motile organism

• carcassSlaughtered animal's body
• livestockDomesticated farm animals
• wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms

zoo · equine · bovine · canine · feline · poultry · marine mammal · pathologist · veterinarian · cause of death

research

Systematic fact-finding effort

• laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
• studyDeliberate learning effort
• data collectionSystematic accumulation of facts

histology · microscopy · sampling · formalin · freezing · biobank · epidemiology · zoonotic · conservation · species

evidence

Facts supporting truth

• investigationFormal examination of facts
• crime sceneLocation of an offense
• poisoningHarmful substance exposure

trauma · gunshot · blunt force · strangulation · toxicology · chain of custody · legal · court · testimony · suspicious death

• veterinary medicineveterinary medicine, veterinary degree, pet hospitals, animal clinics, small animal vet
• animal healthinfections, parasites, viruses, disease, treatment
• animal researchanimal testing, vaccine testing, pharmacokinetics, bioavailability, cancer research
• animal testinglab mice, animal testing, lab rats, vivisection, experimentation
• whale sciencewhale songs, whale strandings, migration patterns, echolocation, photo ID
• wildlife veterinaryanimal rescue, zoo vets, endangered species, sedation, vaccines