Perosomus elumbis in a stillborn rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta): A case report
Tara Patrick1,2, Olga Gonzalez1, Edward J Dick1
1Southwest National Primate Research Center at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Journal of Medical Primatology
|January 9, 2020
Abstract:
Perosomus Elumbis (PE) is a rare congenital disorder characterized by absence of caudal spine (lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal vertebrae). Here, we present the first reported case of PE in a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) and relate our findings to those described in other species.
