Bilateral tibial agenesis and syndactyly in a cat.
METHODS
A three-year-old cat was referred to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Naples, Italy. The cat had severe pelvic limb deformity, and abnormal development of all four paws.


RESULTS
Radiographs revealed bilateral tibial agenesis, syndactyly, and digital hypoplasia.


RESULTS
No treatment was instituted because of the severity of the injury, the adaptation of the cat to the abnormal condition, and the owner's refusal to permit any treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
Congenital limb deformities are rarely reported in the cat and tibial agenesis is considered a very rare disease. This congenital anomaly is well documented and classified in man, and it has been associated with other abnormalities in more complex syndromes. This paper reports clinical and radiographic findings in a cat affected by bilateral complete tibial agenesis associated with other congenital anomalies.
Francesco Di Dona, DVM, PhD, Department of Veterinary Medicine, and Animal Production, University of Naples, Via Federico Delpino, 1 - 80137 Napoli, Italy, Phone: +39 0812536047, Fax: +39 0812536021, E-mail: francesco.didona@unina.it.
Francesco
F
Di Dona
Carla
C
Murino
Giovanni
G
Della Valle
Gerardo
G
Fatone
D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats / Q000002:abnormalities*; D004480:Ectromelia / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D013576:Syndactyly / Q000662:veterinary*; D013977:Tibia / Q000002:abnormalities*
Congenital anomaly; cat; limb deformity; syndactyly; tibial agenesis