Congenital chondrodysplastic dwarfism with dyshematopoiesis in a holstein calf

J Vet Med Sci. 2002 Oct;64(10):937-9. doi: 10.1292/jvms.64.937.

Abstract

A holstein calf with congenital chondrodysplastic dwarfism was histopathologically examined. The head of the calf was relatively flat giving a dog-like appearance with its short nose and sloping forehead. Limb bones were dumbbell-like with short diaphysis and hypertrophied metaphyses. Bone marrow was pale, whitish and fatty. In the metaphyseal plates most of chondrocytes were pyknotic with swollen and ghost-like cytoplasm, and were irregularly arranged. Column of calcified cartilage were poorly formed losing comb-like structure. Bone marrow was ischemic with poor hematopoiesis and was moderately replaced by adipose tissue. In articular cartilage, most of chondrocytes were degenerated with ghost-like cytoplasm. Many cartilage canals and occasional bone marrow-like structure were formed. The characteristics lesions of the calf were chondrodysplasia and dyshematopoiesis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bone Marrow / abnormalities
  • Bone Marrow / pathology
  • Bone and Bones / abnormalities
  • Bone and Bones / pathology
  • Cattle / abnormalities*
  • Cattle Diseases / congenital*
  • Cattle Diseases / pathology
  • Chondrocytes / pathology
  • Dwarfism / congenital*
  • Dwarfism / veterinary*
  • Female
  • Limb Deformities, Congenital / pathology
  • Limb Deformities, Congenital / veterinary
  • Osteochondrodysplasias / congenital*
  • Osteochondrodysplasias / pathology
  • Osteochondrodysplasias / veterinary*