This accession consists of five bound volumes containing necropsy records for animals at the Conservation and Research Center and some animals at the National Zoological
Park main facility. Some records also document fecal examination results. One bound volume had originally been a National Zoological Park expense ledger used from 1890-1891
and contains the original accounting records.
The necropsy book : a guide for veterinary students, residents, clinicians, pathologists, and biological researchers / J.M. King, L. Roth-Johnson, M.E. Newson