HEMIMELIA AND ECTRODACTYLY IN A NAJDI SHEEP

Authors
RAMADAN RO
Citation
Ro. Ramadan, HEMIMELIA AND ECTRODACTYLY IN A NAJDI SHEEP, Agri-Practice, 14(9), 1993, pp. 30-32
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Dairy & AnumalScience","Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Agri-Practice → ACNP
ISSN journal
0745452X
Volume
14
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
30 - 32
Database
ISI
SICI code
0745-452X(1993)14:9<30:HAEIAN>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A combined hernimelia and ectrodactyly in a Najdi sheep is presented. Hemimelia, the absence of half of one or more segment of a limb, is a rare congenital defect in animals which has been described in cattle, goats, and sheep. Ectrodactyly is the absence of one or more digits an d has been previously reported in cattle.