Congenital osteogenesis imperfecta in Charollais cattle.
An outbreak of an apparently new hereditary bone disease--congenital osteogenesis imperfecta--in six newborn half-sib Charollais calves is described. In many respects the clinical, pathological, radiological and genetical findings resemble the congenital osteogenesis imperfecta seen in man and sheep.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010013:Osteogenesis Imperfecta / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*