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Bosseler L, Cornillie P, Saunders JH, Bakker J, Langermans JAM, Casteleyn C, Decostere A, Chiers K. Micromelic dysplasia-like syndrome in a captive colony of common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Comp Med 2014; 64:394-403. [PMID: 25402180 PMCID: PMC4236788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2013] [Revised: 07/24/2013] [Accepted: 03/09/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
Over several years, 0% to 5% of adolescent animals in a captive colony of common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) showed severely bended arms and legs over several years. The animals showed no pain, discomfort, or altered behavior but were unable to stretch their distal limbs to their full extent. To characterize the lesion morphologically, the bones of 4 affected marmosets were compared macroscopically and radiographically with those of 6 unaffected animals. The deformities were characterized by mid- to distal diaphyseal bending and pronounced shortening of long bones. The morphology and density of other bones including the skull and vertebrae were unaffected. Although vitamin D values were low in a fifth affected marmoset during 10 to 16 mo of age, lesions associated with rickets were not observed. To our knowledge, this report is the first to describe a micromelic dysplasia-like syndrome comprising severe, idiopathic bending and shortening of long bones in a colony of marmosets.
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Affiliation(s)
- Leslie Bosseler
- Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
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- Department of Morphology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Imaging and Small Animal Orthopaedics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Department of Animal Science Department, Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Rijswijk, The Netherlands
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- Department of Animal Science Department, Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Rijswijk, The Netherlands
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- Department of Morphology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium; Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Bio-chemical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Department of Morphology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
| | - Koen Chiers
- Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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