Little Jamie's Post-Mortem Report

Report:
This is the carcass of a 4-year-old ~4.66kg Jack Russell terrier dog in thin body condition and mild autolysis. There is focally extensive loss of skin around the entire right hind feet. There are multifocal to coalescing random reddish to white iregular areas within the parenchyma of the spleen, both kidneys and heart. There is evidence of several thromboses (blood clots) within the distal andominal aorta and both external iliac arteries. There is no gross evidence of spinal cord injury.

Gross & Final Diagnosis:
Vascular thromboses with tissue infarcts (clots in tissues), multiple organs.

Comments:

Endoparasites were not observed via fecal floatation analysis. The overall impression from the post-mortem examination is the presence of multiple fibrin and septic vascular thromboses within the distal aorta and iliac arteries, the spleen, both kidneys and heart with subsequent tissue infarcts.

The etiology of the thromboses is not readily apparent, a focal source of ongoing sustained infection coupled with a hypercoaguable state (conditions that lead to abnormal development of blood clots) is suspected.

* In my language: Jamie has many blood clots in his body. These blood clots block his circulation, killing off his tissues and organs. There is no tumour. No obvious spinal cord injury. No parasites found in his poo.

They don't know what causes the blood clots to develop. Could be any sort of bacteria infection. In his condition, it would not have been possible to reverse the blood clots. Jamie would have slowly wasted away. I guess this report answers my question on letting him go.

I'll find out more from the pathologist.