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Case Report
(Published online : 29-03-2013)
18. Clinical and gross pathological findings of congenital spina
bifida and sacrococcygeal agenesis in an Omani crossbred calf
- Somasundaram Mathan Kumar, Eugene Harper Johnson, Mohamed Hasan Tageldin and
Ravi Padmanaban
Vet World. 2013; 6(6): 357-359
doi:
10.5455/vetworld.2013.3 57-359
Abstract
The objective of
this case report was to describe the gross post-mortem findings of a rare
clinical case of spina bifida and congenital sacrococcygeal agenesis in an Omani
cross-bred calf. A three week-old Omani female cross-bred calf was recumbent at
birth. Clinical examination revealed that the calf was mentally alert, but
exhibited stiff and extended pelvic limb joints. The pectoral limbs were
apparently normal. The calf had a fistulated circular excrescence in the skin
(three centimeter in diameter) on the dorsal midline region of sacral region.
The area surrounding the excrescence was void of hair. The calf also did not
have a tail. Upon clinical consideration of the prolonged recumbency and
suspected congenital skeletal defect, the calf underwent euthanasia. The
observed gross post-mortem findings of the present case study were spina bifida,
anury, partial sacral agenesis, scoliosis, misshapen ilium and a narrow pelvic
canal. No abnormalities in the caudal abdominal organs were found. To the best
of our knowledge this is the first reported case of spina bifida and
sacrococcygeal agenesis in an Omani cross-bred calf.
Keywords: anury,
Omani cross-bred calf, partial sacral agenesis, sacrocaudal agenesis, spina
bifida
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