[Fissura pelvina with an abdominal hernia and ectopic bladder aperture in a female German Holstein calf].
A three-days-old female black and white German Holstein calf showed a high-graded enlargement of the abdomen.The animal was born at a dairy farm and it was sired by a bull used in artificial insemination.The examination of the animal showed a ventral cleft of the pelvis due to a missing closure of the pelvis symphysis. The abdominal hernia occurred in consequence of the cleft pelvis. Furthermore, the calf had an ectopic bladder aperture, but an urethra could not be found. A permanent and uncontrollable urine drip along an aperture on the hernial sack was observed. The defects were present since birth and not caused by a trauma.
Institut für Tierzucht und Vererbungsforschung, Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover.
Bettina Constanze
BC
Buck
Vanessa
V
Herder
Peter
P
Wohlsein
Ottmar
O
Distl
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000002:abnormalities*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*