Occurrence of brachygnathia inferior associated with Cleft palate and accumulation of serumen in the ear in a Holstein calf

Subject Areas : clinical veterinary science

, T Taghipoor Bazargani ¹ (Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran)
رضا Youssef, ² (Department of pathology, Faculty of veterinary medicine University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran)
F. Sasani ³ (Graduated from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran)
احسان Sanaee, ⁴ (Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of veterinary medicine, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj,Iran)
فرهاد Mosakhani, ⁵ (دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد کرج، دانشکده دامپزشکی، گروه پاتوبیولوژی، کرج، ایران)
G. Faghanzadeh, ⁶ (دامپزشک بخش خصوصی)

Received: 2016-11-02 Accepted : 2016-11-02 Published : 2011-03-21

Keywords: calf, Cleft palate, brachygnathia inferior, accumulation of serumen,

Abstract :

Cleft palate is one of the common congenital disorders in calves that might be associated with other defects such as harelip,brachygnathia, arthrogryposis, etc. The objective of this study was to introduce brachygnathia inferior, cleft palate, accumulation of serumen in the ear in a calf. A Holstein calf with aformentioned abnormalities , 47 days after birth was clinically examined in a dairy herd in Tehran. After clinical examinations, necropsy was performed. At necropsy fndings, cleft palate with 15cm length and 3 cm width was diagnosed. Enlargement and edema in the lymph nodes of digestive system were other congenitaldefects. These defects have not been reported in a calf in the literature