Diprosopus with multiple craniofacial, musculoskeletal, and cardiac defects in a purebred Suffolk lamb.
A stillborn Suffolk ewe lamb with 2 heads was found to have tarsal arthrogryposis, kypholordosis, craniorachischisis totalis, cheiloschisis, palatoschisis, deviation of the right maxilla, prognathia, patent ductus arteriosus, 3 ventricular septal defects, and 4 great vessels. The lamb was born twin to a normal lamb. No definitive etiology was established.
Kerr
Nancy J
NJ
Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D005260:Female; D006257:Head / Q000002:abnormalities; D017880:Limb Deformities, Congenital / Q000473:pathology; D009333:Neck / Q000002:abnormalities; D012756:Sheep / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000151:congenital*; D014428:Twins, Conjoined / Q000473:pathology*