The 7th marine mammal necropsy workshop is organized by the Department of Veterinary Pathology (University of Liege, Belgium) and the Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics LAB (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain). The session will be held at the Veterinary College on the Sart Tilman campus (Liège) on July 8 and 9, 2013. During the workshop, 20 marine mammals will be extensively necropsied and sampled, based on a standard procedure. A special attention will be the extraction and fixation (injection) of the inner ear. A morning session will be devoted to dissection, sampling and tissues banking procedures (Jauniaux T.), another one will be reserved for acoustics and inner ear extraction and fixation (André M.); afternoons will be dedicated to necropsies, mostly harbor porpoises. The number of attendees is limited to 20, in order to pair off participants under the supervision of a veterinary pathologist and a specialist of the inner ear dissection. Registration fees are 100 euro Detail description of the workshop will be send Registration directly to Thierry Jauniaux <t.jauniaux@ulg.ac.be> Very best regards T. Jauniaux Thierry Jauniaux, DMV, PhD, Diplomate of European College of Zoological Medicine (Wildlife Populations Health) http://www.europeancetaceansociety.eu/home.php Premier Assistant Université de Liège Pathologie Vétérinaire Assistant Professor, University of Liege Veterinary Pathology T.Jauniaux@ulg.ac.be Cell phone: 0032477252302 MARIN Marine Animals Research & Intervention Network