Kongenitale Herzanomalien (Fallotsche Pentalogie) bei einem zweijährigen Schafbock mit Brachygnathia inferior
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In a nearly two-year-old ram, descending from a breeding trial to investigate the effects of shortness of the lower jaw (brachygnathia inferior), a congenital cardiac anomaly was observed. At the age often months the affected animal, a cross breed of Cameroon Sheep and East Friesian Milk Sheep, showed exercise-induced respiratory distress for the first time. Auscultation revealed a loud systolic heart murmur (grade 5) on both sides of the thorax, most prominent over the left third intercostal space at shoulder height. Postmortem examination of the ram's heart showed a pentalogy of Fallot, consisting of a pulmonic stenosis, a ventricular septal defect, an overriding aorta, a right ventricular hypertrophy and a patent foramen ovale. A genetic defect has to be considered as a possible reason.
Translated title of the contribution | Congenital cardiac anomalies (pentalogy of Fallot) in a two year old ram with brachygnathia inferior |
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Original language | German |
Journal | Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift |
Volume | 126 |
Issue number | 5-6 |
Pages (from-to) | 256-63 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISSN | 0005-9366 |
Publication status | Published - 14 Jun 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
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