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Atresia Ani:A Congenital Defect & Its Successful Management in Non-

Descript CalfP. M. Chauhan*1 !. ". Parmar# $. P. Patel1%. . $ha'or1an( S. S. Pari'h#

Polytechnic in Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry

Kamdhenu University, Himatnagar 38000, !u"arat #$ndia%

#S&A, Poly' in Vet' Sci' ( A' H', Kamdhenu University, Himatnagar and ) Veterinary *++icers%

-orres.onding author email/ hanna1vet2yahoo'co'in

A)stract

A case o+ .erineal congenitalde+ect #atresia ani% has beenre.orted in non

descri.tcal+ and itssuccess+ulmanagementthroughtsurgicalintervension'%e +or(s:Atresia ani,congenital de+ect and 4ondescri.t cal+'

Intro(uction

-ongenital de+ects, abnormalities o+ structure or +unction .resent at birth, may be

caused by genetic or environmental +actors, or a combination o+ both5 in many cases, the causes

are unno6n' 7he most common bovine environmental teratogens include toic .lants consumed

by the dam and maternal+etal viral in+ections during gestation' -ongenital mal+ormation

sometimes leads to .erinatal mortality, and it may also decrease maternal .roductivity and reduce

the value o+ the de+ective neonates' Severe de+ects results in abortion o+ the cal+ or a return to

service o+ the cal+ and co6' -ongenital anomalies have been estimated to occur in 0')9:9 o+calves'Atresia ani, #im.er+orate anus% is a congenital abnormality characteri;ed by .ersistence o+

the anal membrane resulting in a thin membrane covering the normal anal canal or is the +ailure

o+ the anal membrane to brea do6n8'

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