Some Common Congenital Defects of Domesticated Animals
Some Common Congenital Defects of Domesticated Animals
Amelia | Absence of a limb or limbs |
Arthrogryposis | Persistent flexure or contracture of a joint or joints |
Atresia | Absence or closure of a normal body opening or passage |
Brachygnathia | Abnormally short lower jaw |
Campylognathia | Curved jaw |
Cheiloschisis | Abnormal division of the lip (harelip) |
Cryptorchidism | Failure of the testis to descend into the scrotum |
Hemimelia | Absence of all or part of the distal half of a limb |
Hernia | Abnormal protrusion of an organ or portion of an organ through a defect or natural opening |
Hydranencephaly | Virtual absence of cerebral hemispheres and replacement by CSF |
Hydrocephalus | Abnormal fluid in the cranial vault accompanied by enlargement of the head |
Kyphosis | Abnormally increased convexity of the thoracic spine |
Microophthalmia | Abnormally small eye |
Palatoschisis | Fissure of the palate (cleft palate) |
Perosomus | Developmental anomaly characterized by a greatly deformed body or trunk |
Polydactyly | Supernumerary digits |
Porencephaly | The presence of cavities in the brain developed during fetal life |
Prognathia | Marked projection of the lower jaw |
Schistosomia | Developmental anomaly characterized by fissure of the abdominal wall |
Scoliosis | Lateral deviation of the spinal axis |
Syndactyly | Fusion of the digits |
Thoracoschisis | Fissure of the thoracic wall, which may result in herniation of lung tissue |