The Visual Guide to
Equine Reproduction
Teratology: Congenital Anomalies
Hydrocephalic Skull.
Cranium opened up to see the enlarged cerebral ventricles. The distended cranium is very thin.
Shipley C (2006)
Hydrocephalic Cranium.
Cranium opened up to see the dilated cerebral ventricles. The distended cranium is very thin.
Shipley C (2006)
Neonatal Isoerythrolysis.
This 4-day old foal shows severe hemolytic icterus indicative of isoerythrolysis.
Drost M (1967)
Male Pseudohermaphrodite.
Male pseudohermaphrodite. The testes were intra-abdominal.
Roberts SJ (1972)
True Hermaphrodite.
This animal was a true hermaphrodite possessing ovotestes. The external genitalia were represented by a grossly enlarged clitoris / underdeveloped glans penis.
Roberts SJ (1972)
Epitheliogenesis Imperfecta.
Atypical epitheliogenesis imperfecta. Defective epitheliogenesis is usually confined to the limbs, from the knees and the hock down, and to the muzzle.
Drost M (1971)
Birth Defects.
This Shetland pony foal was born with an enlarged head and ankylosed limbs.
Utrecht (1975)
Severely Contracted Tendons.
The rear fetlocks are severely contracted in this Shetland pony foal.
Utrecht (1975)
Premature Foal.
Live premature foal that was unable to stand. Was in respiratory distress. Notice the eponychia that are still present. Tile size 15 square cm.
Buergelt CD (1999)
Deformed Rear Pasterns.
Hyperflexibility of the flexor tendons of the rear pasterns.
Buergelt CD (1999)
Deformed Front Pasterns.
Congenital hyperflexibility of the flexor tendons of the front pasterns.
Shipley C (2006)
Deformed Front Pasterns.
Congenital hyperflexibility of the flexor tendons of the front pasterns.
Shipley C (2006)
Unilateral Contracted Tendon.
Unilateral contracted pastern tendon.
Buergelt CD (1999)
