THORACOMELIA IN A LAMB

Authors

  • G Veeraiah Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Veterinary Dispensary, PIPPARA – 534 197 West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA.
  • Manda Srinivas Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Veterinary Dispensary, PIPPARA – 534 197 West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA.
  • N Lakshmi Rani Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Veterinary Dispensary, PIPPARA – 534 197 West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

THORACOMELIA, LAMB

Abstract

Polymelia refers to additional limbs and the condition is further classified based on location as thoracomelia when the duplicated limbs are attached to the thorax, occurrence of these conditions in sheep is very rare (George, 2002). The present communication places on record a case of double thoracomelia in a female lamb.

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References

Ducharme, N. G. (2004) Surgery in Calf Musculo skeletal System. In: “ Farm Animal Surgery”. Ed: Fubini, S. L. and Ducharme, N. G., Saunders, Philadelphia, USA. pp 485.

George Saperestein (2002) Congenital Defects and Hereditary Diseases in Sheep. In: “Large Animal Internal Medicine”, 3rd edn, Ed: Bradford P. Smith, Mosby, Philadelphia, USA. pp 1518.

Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Fazili (1998) Indian Vet. J. 75: 945 – 946.

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Published

2010-06-29

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Vol. 5 No. 3 (2010): The Indian Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Biotechnology (IJVSBT) (2010)

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How to Cite

Veeraiah, G., Srinivas, M., & Rani, N.L. (2010). THORACOMELIA IN A LAMB. Indian Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Biotechnology, 5(3), 76. https://doi.org/10.48165/
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