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J Wildl Dis
; 59(3): 532-535, 2023 07 01.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37170428
RESUMO
We captured a <1-d-old male elk calf (Cervus canadensis) with a shortened neck. Postmortem examination revealed trauma, meconium aspiration syndrome, and cervical vertebral malformation (partial fusion and narrowed disc spaces). This observation is novel in a wild elk calf, although the gross lesions resembled complex vertebral malformation in neonatal cattle.