Post-mortem findings indicate a typical haemorrhagic syndrome, with generalised congestion of the carcase, bloody fluid in the chest and abdominal cavities, enlarged dark spleen, haemorrhagic lymph nodes which resemble blood clots, especially renal and gastrohepatic lymph nodes, petechial haemorrhages in the kidneys (cortical and medullary pyramids and renal pelvis), abdominal serosae, gastric and intestinal mucosa and heart (epicardium and endocardium), hydrothorax and petechial haemorrhages of the pleura.
Patoanatomski pregled kaže na značilen hemoragični sindrom s splošno polnokrvnostjo trupa, krvavo tekočino v prsih in trebušni votlini, povečano vranico temne barve, hemoragičnimi bezgavkami s krvnimi strdki, še posebej bezgavkami ledvic in gastrohepatičnimi bezgavkami, pikčaste krvavitve v skorji in sredici ledvic ter ledvičnem mehu, serozah trebušne votline, želodčni in črevesni mukozi in srcu (epikard in endokard), hidrotoraks ter pikčaste krvavitve po plevri.