Vol. 11, Special Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
B Borah, P Saikia, KJ Dutta, N Ahmed, S Borah, A Saikia and SS Pathak

Abstract:
The present case study reports a rare Osteo-congenital anomaly in Lakhimi breed male calf in Lakhimpur district of Assam, India. The cow was at her third parity and the parturition was normal and at time. The calf was born with micromelia and was unable to stand on its feet. Despite of utmost care with bottle feeding (colostrum), there was a progressive loss of its condition. The calf succumbed to death after 36 hours of parturition. Postmortem examination showed the presence of normal scapulae with hypoplasic humerus and insubstantial carpus-manus. The exact etiology was unspecified.