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EPITHELIOGENESIS IMPERFECTA LINGUA BOVIS [1 record]

Record 1 1991-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases
DEF

A congenital defect in cattle characterized by the absence of papillae on the dorsum of the tongue, hypersalivation, poor hair coat and illthrift.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux
CONT

La langue lisse des bovins. Une anomalie de la langue se rencontre dans les races bovines Holstein-Frisonne et Brune de Suisse; elle est héréditaire comme un caractère récessif simple (1,2). Les papilles filiformes de la langue sont de petite taille, il y a exagération de la salivation, la robe est mal développée et les veaux ne sont pas en bon état. Les sujets hétérozygotes sont normaux.

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