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IntroductionVeterinary anatomical pathology is a medical specialty which is very similar to human anatomical pathology.This specialty consists in diagnosing diseases based mainly on gross and microscopic examination of organs and tissues obtained by surgical procedure or necropsy.It consists in applying criteria based on knowledge of gross and histological lesions in order to obtain a final pathological diagnosis.The aim of this specific diagnosis is, generally speaking, to find which disease is affecting the animal, if it is alive, or what caused its death.The main difficulties in veterinary pathological diagnosis are related to the various animal species a pathologist has to deal with, the use of exhaustive classifications of different types, costs, subjectivity, including disagreement between the clinical and pathological diagnoses, and the urgency in issuing the report.So, the urgent need to compile all available information to obtain a diagnosis in a short time is the constant challenge professional experts face.Pathology consists in using scientific methods to study structural and functional changes in cells, tissues and organs that underlie disease (Cotran et al., 1999).It is divided into two branches: anatomical pathology, dedicated to examining organs, tissues and cadavers and clinical pathology, dedicated to laboratory analysis of body fluids and/or tissues.The pathologist has the professional expertise devoted to the practice of both, anatomical and clinical pathology (Langone Medical Center, Department of Pathology, 2011).Past knowledge is an important resource in veterinary pathological anatomy.Professionals often use their previous experience (Dungworth et al., 1999; Goldschmidt et al.,