Fulvio LAUS, İlenia COPPONI, Matteo CERQUETELLA, Alessandro FRUGANTI

Congenital cardiac defect in a pygmy goat (Capra hircus)

Congenital cardiac defects are anatomic conditions present at birth. Few references to such conditions in goats are available in the current scientific literature. This report describes, for the first time, a congenital cardiac disease clinically characterized by polypnea from birth and exercise intolerance in a 2-month-old pygmy goat. An atrioventricular dysplasia known as Ebstein's anomaly, an atrial septal defect, and a mild subaortic stenosis were ultrasonographically diagnosed.

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Key words: Goat, cardiac defect, Ebstein's anomaly, interatrial septal defect

Congenital cardiac defect in a pygmy goat (Capra hircus)

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Key words: Goat, cardiac defect, Ebstein's anomaly, interatrial septal defect,

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