Species: Cat

Specimen:
Thorax

Shown:
Pulmonary congestion and edema, moderate (attributed to barbiturate euthanasia) with small amounts of red-tinged, watery, pleural fluid.

Comments:
This body was frozen following euthanasia and these changes must be interpreted in light of possible freezing artifact. The fluid in the pleural space, in this case, is an artifact of freezing and results from the rupture of cell wal