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Congenital caudal vertebral malformations in the alpaca (Lama pacos)
J L Vaughan1, R A Lonsdale, G Jackson
1Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Western Australia.
Australian Veterinary Journal
|August 2, 2000
Abstract
Objective:
To assess radiologically the caudal vertebrae of a male alpaca with an abnormal tail, and nine of his offspring.
Procedure:
Right lateral and ventrodorsal radiographs were taken of the caudal vertebrae.
Results:
The caudal vertebral abnormalities in these alpacas included vertebral subluxation, hemivertebrae, wedge hemivertebrae and block vertebrae.
Conclusion:
These malformations in offspring of one sire suggest a hereditary basis for congenital caudal vertebral malformations in the alpaca.