Descripción de un caso clínico compatible con Dermatosparaxis (síndrome de Elhers-Danlos tipo VIIc) en un ternero cruza Charolais con Hereford

Tears and skin detachments were observed in a newborn calf after umbilical revision. The presumptive diagnosis of Dermatosparaxis was based on the anamnesis typical clinical signs disease, such as high fragility total detachment fragments. Three staining techniques (HE, PAS Masson’s trichrome) performed samples from affected animal, using same region normal animal with age crossbreed, ranch used control. complemented molecular through DNA extraction, PCR, electrophoresis. Finally, histopathological results confirmed compatibility this collagen disease. It could not be possible to confirm that mutation described other cases disease cattle. As investigated, is first report calves Uruguay.