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A Merinos breed, fifteen-day-old, male lamb was referred to our clinics with the anamnesis of congenital five extremities presentation. In the inspection, an excessive extremity was observed at the caudal site of the right articulatio humeri, connected the lateral thoracic wall in lamb, whose vital parameters were normal. A development of four unified metacarpus extending to the distal part of the carpal joint, two metacarpophalangeal joint and two foot were seen in the extremity. There was an open fracture at the region of antebrachium. Radiologically, a rudimental scapula at the level of 4 and 5th costa, hypoplasia of the humerus and antebrachium, and a middle diaphysial fracture of antebrachium was determined. Distal part of the metacarpus was forming four different metacarpuses, and presence of two metacarpophalangeal joints and four digits was seen. Polymelia was diagnosed and the extremity was removed surgically from the body under general anesthesia. In the macroscopic examination, radiological results were confirmed. With the presentation of this case, anomaly of polymelia in a Merinos breed lamb was reported with the clinical and radiological results as well as surgical treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This is the first report pertain to unilateral cerebellar hypoplasia pathology together with meningocel in a lamb. Two-day-old, Kıvırcık breed, male a lamb was brought with the complaint of congenital swelling back to head, disability of standing and positioning the head. Together with the findings in anamnesis, unskinned, painless and fluctuated 6 cm diameter swelling on the occipital region was determined clinically, the swelling was extirpated under general anesthesia. Because postoperative early time healing was not resulted, euthanasia of the case was performed. Meningocel and unilateral cerebral hypoplasia was diagnosed following the necropsy and histopathological investigations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]