Table 2 Tissues sampled at necropsy

Adrenal glands

Yes

Muscle-skeletal

Aorta (thoracic)

Nerve-sciatic

Bone and bone marrow (sternum)

Optic nerves^a

Brain

Yes

Ovaries

Yes

Brown fat deposit^a

Yes

Pancreas

Cervix

Parathyroid glands^b

Epididymides

Pituitary gland

Epididymal fat deposit

Yes

Prostate gland-ventral

Yes

Oesophagus^a

Retriperitoneal fat deposit

Yes

Eyes

Salivary gland-parotid

Femur/femoro-tibial joint^a

Salivary gland-submaxillary/lingual

Harderian gland^a

Seminal vesicles

Heart

Yes

Skin

Intestine-duodenum

Spleen^a

Yes

Intestine-jejunum

Spinal cord-lumbar and cervical

Intestine-ileum

Stomach

Intestine-colon

Testes

Yes

Intestine-caecum

Thymus

Yes

Intestine-rectum

Thyroid glands^b

Kidneys

Yes

Tongue

Liver with gallbladder

Yes

Trachea

Lungs

Yes

Urinary bladder

Lymph node-mandibular

Uterus

Yes

Lymph node-mesenteric^a

Vagina