Congenital hypotrichosis and partial anodontia in a crossbred beef calf.
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Clinical examination, skin biopsies, skull radiographs, and DNA analysis of a 2-day-old Red Angus-Charolais-Simmental cross bull calf confirmed the diagnosis of congenital hypotrichosis and anodontia defect (HAD), also called anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, which is a rare anomaly caused by a deletion in the bovine EDA gene on the X chromosome.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne
دوره 48 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007