tailieunhanh - A two-headed calf – Case report

A two-headed calf was born which a rare congenital condition is characterized by abnormal development of the body due to a genetic anomaly. It occurs in rare cases. More than 35 million calves born each year in the world out of which one or two calves born with this kind of deformity. The case location was Rajnandgaon district Chhattisgarh state in Godary Abis dairy farm. The possible causes for this abnormality may be the genetic malformation, level of nutrition, excess or shortages of certain nutrients, toxic plants or other toxic substances, infectious diseases, and extremes in temperature during pregnancy. The born two-headed calf died within 5 hours after his birth. | 2019 8 1 xx-xx EXCELLENT PUBLISHERS International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 01 2019 Journal homepage http Case Study https A Two-Headed Calf - Case Report Kranti Sharma1 Mukesh Sharma2 . Dinani1 and Vandana Bhagat1 1Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu University Durg-491001 India 2Godary Abis dairy farm Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh India Corresponding author ABSTRACT Keywords Congenital Calves Deformity Twoheaded calf Article Info Accepted 10 December 2018 Available Online 10 January 2019 Introduction Dicephalus is a malformation of the head resulting from incomplete twinning in animals Jenkins and Hardy 1968 . Description of dicephalus is based on its external feature but duplication always involves internal structures with various current defects. Dicephalus Arnold-Chiari malformation ACM spinabifida SB spinal dysraphism SD and cleft palate CP are individually common malformations in cattle. Combination of these malformations in cattle has been reported rarely in veterinary literature. The present case describes dicephalus with Arnold-Chiari malformation A two-headed calf was born which a rare congenital condition is characterized by abnormal development of the body due to a genetic anomaly. It occurs in rare cases. More than 35 million calves born each year in the world out of which one or two calves born with this kind of deformity. The case location was Rajnandgaon district Chhattisgarh state in Godary Abis dairy farm. The possible causes for this abnormality may be the genetic malformation level of nutrition excess or shortages of certain nutrients toxic plants or other toxic substances infectious diseases and extremes in temperature during pregnancy. The born two-headed calf died within 5 hours after his birth. lumbarspinabifida spinal dysraphism cleft palate and associated other defects in a Holstein calf. Case History The malformed .