Is there a difference between an autopsy and a necropsy?
I have heard both used, but usually “autopsy” refers to humans and necropsy is used with animals. Is there really a difference or is this only convention? The usual web pages via Google don’t seem to be of any help.
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Thanks @josie! Although I agree with the replies in that thread, the word “autopsy” means “self-seeing” so it seems like it could refer to either human or animal. To see for one’s self the cause of death.
@josie So necropsy is just on animals, it’s like an autopsy. Why distinguish between the two?
Yep, necropsy is the term for animal autopsy.
Necropsy is just the examination, a study of the body, no more. Autopsy is to examine to find cause of death, extent of disease or sickness that caused the death.
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