BILATERAL POLYDACTYLY IN A DOMESTIC PIG (SUS SCROFA DOMESTICUS L.) – A CASE REPORT
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- 1. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Forestry
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Congenital limb malformations are relatively rare in domestic swine (Sus scrofa domesticus L., Family: Suidae, Order: Artiodactyla). The incidence increases with improper breeding, especially in cases of mating of individuals that are closely related genetically (inbreeding). The present case presents bilateral, asymmet-rical, postaxial polydactyly of the thoracic limbs in a pig, breed "Big White", about 9 months old. The signs of improper development of the fingers were noticed at an early age and an unsuccessful attempt treatment was made. Due to the lack of clinical manifestation of a disease, no repeated therapeutic approach was per-formed and the full development of the malformation was detected after slaughter, during the post-mortem examination. The limbs were provided for morphological analysis, in the departments of "Special Pathological Anatomy" and "Anatomy of Domestic Animals", at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, at the Forestry Uni-versity.
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2025-12-21
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