[The incidences of spontaneous fetal anomalies in Japanese white rabbits (author's transl)].
The incidences of spontaneous fetal anomalies in coccidium-free Japanese white rabbits bred and kept in our laboratories are reported. Live fetuses were removed from 87 (95.6%) out of 91 maternal animals examined, totaling 538 (295 males and 243 females). of them, 9 fetuses (1.7%) showed external and visceral abnormalities such as hydrocephalia (5 cases), short tail (2), anophthalmia (1) and talipomanus flexa (1). Skeletal abnormalities were found in 7 (1.7%) of 424 fetues examined.
D000818:Animals; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D007564:Japan; D011817:Rabbits / Q000196:embryology