POST MORTEM

"Standardized post mortem analysis, sample storage and a database on tissue banks will enable closer cooperation and more detailed pan-European studies, which ultimately may result in more efficient management tools and conservation plans for otters."
Morten Elmeros, PM Workshop, Denmark, Feb 2010

• Simpson, V. (2001) Post mortem protocol for otters . In: Proceedings of the First Otter Toxicology Conference. Conroy J.W.H., Yoxon P., and Gutleb A.C. (eds.). Journal of the International Otter Survival Fund, 1: 159-166. A new version of this protocol will be presented in September 2011 at the XI International Otter Colloquium in Pavia (Italy).
  
  
• Workshop - Post mortem tools for otters: monitoring and research. Ronde, Denmark, 24-27 February 2010
  
  
• Philbey et al. (2009) Pathological findings in 66 wild European Otters in Scotland: 2007-2008. 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association of Veterinary Teaching and Research Work, Scarborough, England, 6-8 April 2009, p 34 (Abstract 56)