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Indian Vet. J.

,October,2000 ;77 :

AMORPHUS GLOBOSUS MONSTER IN A GOAT

G.N.Purohit, A.K.Guph, K.A. Gupta, K.Vyas, N.Garg, p.K.pareek


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S.S.Sharma

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Departmont of veterinary obstetrics ahd Gynaocorogy,


college of vetertnary and Animal science, Bikaner, Rajasthan.

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A case of Amorphus gtobosus monster

a goat is reported.

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Materlals and Methods

A goat was presented to the clinic with


ih history

of nor.mal delivery of one kid and

ion of two limbs of second kid withciut

ign in delivery. On examination per


the fetal limbs but no otherfetalpart
palpable.The foetus was delivered with

traction after lilbrication.

-, Results,aild
Dlecussion
The foetus *". Amorphus globosus
" are rare and consist
;ter. Such monsters

or spherical masses comprising of


skin enclosing a mass of conneciive
l, soft tissUe and fat and have no body
The delivered monster had a spherical
; alongwith two smalllegs attac'hed to
it
. Amorphus globosus ls considered to
a.n imperfect zygote of dizygotic twins
et a1.,1963), the etiology of such
being unknown but considered to
pu.e to chromosomal defects(Leipold
and
nnis, 1986). Such monsters are ieported
cows, mares, ewes and goats(Roberts,
71). A case of such monster is on record
the buffalo (Phogat at at., 1992). The

_r_ou.nd
-outer

is usually seen attached .to the


enta of the normal monozygotic or

rnster

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Fig. Amoryhus g/obosus monster


delivered from a goat

dizygotic twlns (Robe rts, loc.cit.). Contrary


to such reports, the present monster was
seen separate from the previously delivered
normal live male kid.

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Ph9S."t,.{._P,, Singh, p., Bugatia, N.S. and


Gupr
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Diseases, CBS pubtisheri
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