Developmental Duplication Flashcards
(28 cards)
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