Developmental Duplication Flashcards
what bull (in Holstein Friesian breed) is used that causes cattle Citrullinaemia?
Linmack Kriss King
Developmental Duplication is common in what breed of cattle?
Angus cattle
a neural tube defect; cranial and spinal dysraphism (incomplete fusion)
developmental duplication
A condition that causes an additional leg
Polymelia
Acephalic conjoined ‘twin’
Axial duplication
within Dura of the CNS
intradural teratomas
fluid-filled cysts with black hairs;
within dura or extradural
Dermoid cysts and occipital skin flaps
fat tissue mass
lipomas
mild to severe facial defects;
maxillary brachygnathia;
mandibular prognathia
Craniofacial dysmorphogenesis
diprosopus (two faces);
diencephalon (two heads)
Craniofacial Duplications
deformed hindlegs with Arthrogryposis
Congenital arthrogryposis and hindlimb deformity
spinal cord tethering/ compression;
scoliosis associated with dysraphism (incomplete fusion) and vertebral anomalies
postnatal ataxia
high rates of postimplantation embryonic death & resorption
embryonic deaths
aka curly calf syndrome
arthrogryposis multiplex
congenital contracture and fixation of multiple joints
arthrogryposis multiplex
water head;
severe hydrocephalus –> cardiomegaly;
heritable recessive disorder
Neuropathic Hydrocephalus
aka Fawn calf syndrome;
Marfanoid syndrome;
elongated limbs;
kyphosis (congenital contractures of the spine;
proximal joints of hindlimb;
muscular hypoplasia
Congenital Contractual Arachnodactyly
Miniature Angus calf;
smaller for gestational age from conception;
poor growth;
cryptorchid male –> infertile
Proportionate dwarfism
1 or more forms of Dwarfism;
mild chondrodysplasia;
potbelly;
thick/blocky shape;
elongated nose/ short face
Disproportionate Dwarfism
Dexter cattle;
short-legged phenotype;
heterozygous for Bulldog calf;
in utero death;
micromelia (abnormally small extremities);
tongue protrusion;
short vertebral column and ribs
Dexter chondrodysplasia
Severe fetal dystocia;
hydrops fetalis (fluid buildup in tissues and organs) OR anasarca (swelling of whole body);
pulmonary aplasia (failure of development of the primitive lung bud);
absence of lung tissue
pulmonary hypoplasia and anasarca
pulmonary hypoplasia and anasarca is common in what breed of cattle?
Dexter cattle;
congenital lethal malformation;
23% fetal mortality;
bilateral flexion of carpal & metacarpophalangeal joints;
digit rotation
complex vertebral malformation syndrome
complex vertebral malformation syndrome is common in what cattle breed?
Holstein-Friesian