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Dactylomegaly, a type of club foot (talipes) in a herd of Shorthorn cattle
Author(s) -
HAWKINS C. D.,
GRANDAGE J.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1983.tb05863.x
Subject(s) - claw , syndactyly , herd , foot (prosody) , shorthorn , club , zoology , veterinary medicine , biology , anatomy , medicine , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , breed
Enlarged dew claws associated with syndactyly and/or deviation of the adjacent major digit are reported from 9 heifers in a herd of 800. The anomaly created a club‐footed appearance.