(Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2015-09-28) Salcı, E. Sinem Özdemir; İpek, Volkan; Cangül, İ. Taci; İntaş, Kamil Seyrek; Veteriner Fakültesi
A 3.5-year-old, pregnant Pekingese was presented with signs of dystocia. Vaginal examination revealed no fetuses in the birth canal, and no heart beats were observed in the fetuses, ultrasonographically. Four dead fetuses were retrieved by en bloc ovariohysterectomy. All fetuses had hind limb deformities and intestinal evantration was observed in three fetuses. A diagnosis of arthrogryposis and abdominal wall defect complicated with intestinal evantration was made after the macroscopic examination of the fetuses. The owner did not permit necropsy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of arthrogryposis and abdominal wall defect complicated with intestinal eventration encountered in Pekingese fetuses
