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Case Report Buffalo Bulletin (June 2012) Vol.31 No.2
INTRODUCTION
Congenital abnormalities of the mammary
system comprise absence of teats, glands,
supernumeraryteatsandimperforateteats.Absences
of teat is extremely rare, but isolated cases in which
the teats were only represented by slight eminences
have been met with (O’ Connor, 1980). Verma et
al. (1983) reported athelia in a Sahiwal heifer,
and Baskal et al. (1979) also reported congenital
absences of teats in a she goat. The present paper
communicates a case of athelia in a cow.
CASE HISTORY AND CLINICAL
OBSERVATIONS
A four-year-old graded Murrah she buffalo
was presented to the Department of Veterinary
Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary,
Science, Tirupati with the history of absence of
hind teats (Figure 1). Clinical examination of the
udder by palpation showed normal udder tissue but
the absence of two teats. Surgical correction was
not possible.
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Baskal, D.K., A. Chakrabarti, R.N. Shom and
A.K. Banerjee. 1979. Indian Vet. J., 56(12):
1061.
O’ Connor, J.J. 1980. Text Book of Dollars
Veterinary Surgery, 4th
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Verma, G.S., S. Tomar and O.S. Tomer. 1983.
Indian Vet. J., 60(7): 581.
ATHELIA IN A GRADED MURRAH SHE BUFFALO: A CASE REPORT
R.V. Suresh Kumar, P. Sankar, P. Veena and N. Dhana Lakshmi
Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary
University, Tirupati-517 502, Andhra Pradesh, India
Figure1. Absence of hind teats.