Syndactyly

Dominant or Recessive Syndactyly is an autosomal dominant geneticly transferred disease

History of Syndactyly Major symptom of Poland disease Named for Alfred Poland-1822 Assisted by George Elt who was never recognized as helping Alfred Poland Syndactyly is a very common symptom of this syndrome First reported case of a Holstein with Syndactyly in the US was in 1951

Cause of the disease Syndactyly is due to errors in the process of fetal development. Syndactyly is also a possible outcome of a large number of rare inherited and developmental disorders.

Cow with syndactyly

Symptoms Multi-Symptom Different degrees Apert Sydrome, Poland Syndrome, Jarcho-Levin Syndrome, Oral-Facial-Digital Syndrome, Pfeiffer syndrome, and Edwards syndrome

Affected, Treatment, Prevention Any animal Surgery No prevention except to not breed animals with this disease

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