Indian Vet. J.,October,2000 ;77 :

AMORPHUS GLOBOSUS MONSTER IN A GOATG.N.Purohit, A.K.Guph, K.A. Gupta, K.Vyas, N.Garg, p.K.pareek and

S.S.Sharma

Departmont of veterinary obstetrics ahd Gynaocorogy,college of vetertnary and Animal science, Bikaner, Rajasthan.

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A case of Amorphus gtobosus monsterin a goat is reported.

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i A goat was presented to the clinic withh history of nor.mal delivery of one kid and

ion of two limbs of second kid withciutign in delivery. On examination perthe fetal limbs but no otherfetalpart

palpable.The foetus was delivered withtraction after lilbrication.

The foetus *". "

Amorphus globosus;ter. Such monsters are rare and consist

_r_ou.nd or spherical masses comprising of

-outer skin enclosing a mass of conneciive

l, soft tissUe and fat and have no bodyThe delivered monster had a spherical

; alongwith two smalllegs attac'hed to it. Amorphus globosus ls considered to

a.n imperfect zygote of dizygotic twinset a1.,1963), the etiology of suchbeing unknown but considered to

pu.e to chromosomal defects(Leipold andnnis, 1986). Such monsters are ieportedcows, mares, ewes and goats(Roberts,71). A case of such monster is on recordthe buffalo (Phogat at at., 1992). Thernster is usually seen attached .to the

dizygotic twlns (Robe rts, loc.cit.). Contraryto such reports, the present monster wasseen separate from the previously deliverednormal live male kid.

Lei nnis, S.M. (19g6)... Congenitaovine repro.tuction. In: Morrova!.V.. ln. Theriogenology. W.B

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delivered from a goat

equ'eErr vempany, philadelphia, USA.Ph9S."t,.{._P,, Singh, p., Bugatia, N.S. and Gupr

s. L. (i 992)... t ndi an J. An i i. ne p rodi., ii ., ie-5.Robjrts,.S.J.(i971)... Veterinary Obstetrics anr

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