Daf. Villagomez et Ra. Alonso, A DISTINCT MENDELIAN AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE SYNDROME INVOLVING THE ASSOCIATION OF ANOTIA, PALATE AGENESIS, BIFID TONGUE, AND POLYDACTYLY IN THE DOG, Canadian veterinary journal, 39(10), 1998, pp. 642-643
A presumed genetic syndrome is described in a family of St.. Bernards.
Four identically affected littermates presented the association of pa
late agenesis, anotia, incomplete bifid tongue, preaxial hind paw poly
dactyly, and an extra thoracic vertebra and rib. Pedigree analysis is
compatible with an autosomal recessive gene.