BILATERAL DUPLICATION OF THE CECA IN A DOMESTIC CHICKEN

Bilateral duplication of the ceca in an adult chicken was observed. on e characteristic in addition to the duplication was excessive enlargem ent of one cecum, which contained 336 grams of cecal contents. Undevel oped and developed eggs were also retained in the oviduct because of o viductal atresia. There are few reports of anomalies in domestic fowl (1,2,3,5). Most studies of the incidence of abnormalities in domestic fowl have been assessments of case collections. This paper reports a r are congenital abnormality of the ceca in a domestic chicken, unreport ed before in the literature, together with atresia of the oviduct and retention of undeveloped and developed eggs in the oviduct.