Polymelia with unhealed navel in an Iranian indigenous young fowl

Polymelia with unhealed navel in an Iranian indigenous young fowl

Developing supernumerary limbs is a rare congenital condition that only a few cases have been documented. Depending on the cause and developmental conditions, they may be single, multiple or complicated, and occur as a syndrome or associated with other anomalies. Polymelia is defined as the presence of extra limb(s) which have been reported in human, mouse, chicken, calf and lamb. It seems that...

Polymelia and polydactyly in White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)

We report polymelia and polydactyly in an immature White Stork (Ciconia ciconia). Polymelia and polydactyly are unusual leg malformations and have been rarely recorded in birds. To our knowledge there is no study indicating the two cases observed in the same bird. We observed a White Stork which has two pairs of fused legs, with a total of nine and 10 toes on left and right fused legs respectiv...

Seroprevalence of Fowl Pox Antibody in Indigenous Chickens in Jos North and South Council Areas of Plateau State, Nigeria: Implication for Vector Vaccine

Fowl pox is a viral disease of domestic and wild birds. The large size of the genome makes it a useful vector for recombinant DNA technology. Although the disease has been described in both commercial and indigenous chickens in Nigeria, data are limited on seroprevalence in free range chickens. Such data are, however, important in the design and implementation of fowl pox virus vector vaccine. ...

Genetic and non-Genetic variations of body weight in iranian native fowl and their crosses with exotic breeds

Esophagotomy in a domestic fowl: a rare case report

Background: Foreign body in esophagus in birds is rarely reported in literature. Most common site of foreign body in birds is proventriculus and ventriculus. The purpose of this study is to discuss the diagnosis of a large sharp foreign body in the distal third of the neck by plain radiography and its retrieval through esophagotomy and subsequent survival of the fowl. C...