A rare case report of perosomus elumbis with concurrent visceral abnormalities in a jersey cross bred calf

R. Siva Shankar; M. Gokulakrishnan; M.S. Sabarish Babu; S. Dinesh Kumar; Viji Vijayan; Ravi Sundar George

doi:10.56093/ijvasr.v46i3.138926

Authors

R. Siva Shankar Assiatant Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, MVC, Chennai-7
M. Gokulakrishnan Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, MVC, TANUVAS, Chennai-7
M.S. Sabarish Babu M.V.Sc Student, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, MVC, TANUVAS, Chennai-7
S. Dinesh Kumar Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, MVC, TANUVAS, Chennai-7
Viji Vijayan M.V.Sc Student, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, MVC, TANUVAS, Chennai-7
Ravi Sundar George Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, MVC, TANUVAS, Chennai-7

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijvasr.v46i3.138926

Keywords:

perosomus elumbis, congenital anaomaly, visceral abnormalities, calf

Abstract

A day old calf was presented to Large Animal Clinic-Out Patient (LAC-OP) unit of Madras Veterinary College Teaching Hospital with the history of constipation and unable to defecate since birth. On the physical examination there was atresia ani, recto-vaginal fistula (Fig: 1) and angular limb deformities, and distended abdomen. Plain radiography of abdomen lateral view was taken, which was confirmed as Perosomus Elumbis (PE) anomaly.

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