Macrì F, Marino F, Rapisarda G, Lanteri G, Mazzullo G. A case of unilateral pelvic limb adactyly in a puppy dog.
Anat Histol Embryol 2010;
40:104-6. [PMID:
21105902 DOI:
10.1111/j.1439-0264.2010.01046.x]
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Abstract
A case of unilateral hindlimb adactyly is described in a 3-month-old female Pointer dog. Clinical and radiographic findings are described. Adactyly or transverse hemimelia is a rare condition in most animal species. In dogs, this condition has been reported only three times as a deformity of the forelimb. To the authors' knowledge, the congenital pelvic limb deformity described here is the first case documented in a dog.
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