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Postmortem Autolysis.
Cross-sections of livers from three pigs at different stages of postmortem autolysis. The slice on the right has green discoloration caused by leakage of bile into the surrounding parenchyma after death (bile imbibition). All three livers, especially the one on the left, were softer than normal, another characteristic of autolytic tissue.
(Courtesy Dr. R.K. Myers, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University.)
