title: A case of cleft palate in a Kuril seal (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri), from Hokkaido, Japan.
abstract: A male pup Kuril seal (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri) from Hokkaido, Japan, was observed with a unilateral and total cleft of the primary palate. Complications included a supernumerary tooth, hypoplasia and asymmetry of the face, and deformation of the eyeball and external auditory meatus. An accompanying pneumonia may have resulted from water flowing into the respiratory system due to imperfect closure of the nostril by the cleft. No other abnormalities were found.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Anatomy I, School of Dentistry, Hokkaido University, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kishimoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohtaishi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nakane
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D004424:Ear Canal / Q000002:abnormalities; D005124:Eye Abnormalities / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D007569:Jaw Abnormalities / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D046048:Seals, Earless / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014096:Tooth, Supernumerary / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*