CONGENITAL CLEFT PALATE AND CARDIAC SEPTAL DEFECTS IN A NEONATAL SOUTHERN BLACK RHINOCEROS (DICEROS BICORNIS MINOR).
A female Southern black rhinoceros ( Diceros bicornis minor) calf died unexpectedly at less than 12 hr of age, after an uncomplicated birth and uneventful early postpartum period. Gross necropsy revealed a 15-cm full thickness cleft palate, a patent foramen ovale, and four septal defects ranging from 0.3 to 1 cm in diameter. Histologic findings did not reveal any significant abnormalities. Karyotyping did not indicate any significant numerical or structural chromosomal abnormalities.
Stephany
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Lewis
Mary
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Duncan
Marlys L
ML
Houck
Rebecca
R
Bloch
Holly
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Haefele
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010527:Perissodactyla / Q000002:abnormalities*
Atrial septal defect; Diceros bicornis; black rhinoceros; cleft palate; congenital cardiac disease; ventricular septal defect