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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021

Four Unusual Cases of Congenital Forelimb Malformations in Dogs.

Simona Di Pietro, Giuseppe Santi Rapisarda, Luca Cicero, Vito Angileri, Simona Morabito, Giovanni Cassata, Francesco Macrì

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Simona Di PietroDepartment of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Viale Palatucci, 98168 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2224-0833
Giuseppe Santi RapisardaDepartment of Veterinary Prevention, Provincial Health Authority of Catania, 95030 Gravina di Catania, Italy.
Luca CiceroInstitute Zooprofilattico Sperimentale of Sicily, Via G. Marinuzzi, 3, 90129 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4386-7723
Vito AngileriVeterinary Practitioner, 91025 Marsala, Italy.
Simona MorabitoOspedale Veterinario I Portoni Rossi, Via Roma, 57/a, 40069 Zola Predosa (BO), Italy.
Giovanni CassataInstitute Zooprofilattico Sperimentale of Sicily, Via G. Marinuzzi, 3, 90129 Palermo, Italy.
Francesco MacrìDepartment of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Viale Palatucci, 98168 Messina, Italy.
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Della Sicilia · ITUniversity of Messina · ITUniversity of Catania · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Four dogs were presented with thoracic limb deformity. After clinical and radiographic examinations, a diagnosis of congenital malformations was performed for each of them. In one case, a deformity involving both the radial and ulnar side of the distal limb was observed. Based on clinical and radiological evaluations, a diagnosis of postaxial terminal longitudinal ulnar hemimelia was performed. The term ectrodactyly was used to refer different malformations characterized by skin and soft tissue separation of the distal forelimb observed in two dogs. Simple complete uncomplicated syndactyly of the right forelimb, and complex incomplete uncomplicated syndactyly of the left forelimb were diagnosed in the fourth case. To the authors' knowledge, ectrodactyly and simple complete uncomplicated syndactyly are very uncommon anomalies in companion animals and have been rarely documented. Moreover, postaxial terminal longitudinal ulnar hemimelia has still not been reported in dogs.

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congenital limb deformitydogectrodactilysyndactylyulnar hemimelia

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