Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Congenital short tail in Macaca mulatta.
- Journal:
- Journal of medical primatology
- Year:
- 2021
- Authors:
- Meireles, Bárbara Cristina da Silva et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Primatology · Brazil
Abstract
In a captive Macaca mulatta breeding colony, a single family group with 39 animals showed 19 individuals being born with dramatic tail shortening. Through clinical, genealogical, radiographic, and cytogenetic evaluation, it was related to a probable dominant autosomal inheritance of the reduction in the number of distal caudal vertebrae.
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