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Surgical management of a Gir calf with heteropic polymelia (pygomelia) K A Gupta1 and G N Purohit2* Incharge Veterinary Hospital Toda Rai Singh (Tonk) 304505 Rajasthan 2 Department of Veterinary Gynecology and Obstetrics College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Bikaner Rajasthan *gnpobs@gmail.com
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Supernumerary ectopic limb(s) (SEL) is a congenital anomaly defined as the presence of an accessory limb(s) attached to one of various body regions (Rafiqul Islam et al., 2011). Heteropic polymelia involves one or two SELs and is classified as cephalomelia, notomelia, thoracomelia or pygomelia depending upon the location of the supernumerary ectopic limbs (Leipold et al., 1983; Rahman et al., 2006). Such defects have been reported in calves of various breeds including Holstein Friesian (Behrens et al., 1993; Hisbrunner et al., 2002), Hereford (Johnston, 1985) Korean (Kim et al., 2001; Alam et al., 2007; Rafiqul Islam et al., 2011) Iranian (Shojaei et al., 2007) Brahman (Fourie, 1990) and Indian (Singh et al., 1989) breeds. The defect may be seen alone (Johnston, 1985; Kim et al., 2001; Hisbrunner et al., 2002) or in combination with other developmental defects (Hossain et al., 1980; Behrens et al., 1993; Rafiqul Islam et al., 2011). Such calves may be delivered spontaneously (Kim et al., 2001; Hussein et al., 2012) or may require a cesarean section (Rafiqul Islam et al., 2011). The surgical correction of heteropic polymelia in a Gir calf delivered spontaneously is described in this report. History and Clinical Examination A day old female calf born to a 7 year old Gir cow during its second parity was presented to the veterinary hospital with a history of presence of extra limbs other than the normal limbs. The calf was delivered with slight assistance. The extra limbs were attached just below the right pin bone. The ectopic limb had two limb extensions and was attached together at the same point. The two extra (supernumerary) ectopic limbs were unequal in size. Both the ectopic limbs were attached together and joined with the body. The ectopic limb had no joint with the hip bones. Based on the findings the condition was diagnosed as heteropic polymelia (pygomelia). Surgical procedure
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Fig 1. Day old Gir female calf with ectopic limb (pygomelia).
Fig 2. The surgically removed ectopic limb showing one complete limb and a short limb with only the distal bones.