A rare case of multiple congenital malformations in a piglet

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Published: Dec 3, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/jhvms.21626
J. Menegatos
Agricultural College of Athens, (Laboratory of Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals), Department of Animal Production
E. Stoforos
Agricultural College of Athens, (Laboratory of Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals), Department of Animal Production
S. Deligiorgis
Agricultural College of Athens, (Laboratory of Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals), Department of Animal Production
E. Xylouri
Agricultural College of Athens, (Laboratory of Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals), Department of Animal Production
Abstract

It is described a case of multiple congenital malformations in a Landrace male piglet which lived for 50 days. It showed brachygnathia superior, arthrogryposis of hind limbs, malformations of the lumbar vertebrae and the sacrum, aplasia of the left ilium and of the muscles of the lift thigh and femur. Also all the bones of the left hind limb were shorter than the right ones. Malformations of the sternum and the ribs were present. The left ribs were shorter than the right ones The left lung, kidney and testicle were much shorter than the right ones. The causative agent was unknowh.

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