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An unusual congenital anomaly in the pulmonary artery and vein of a Holstein calf

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This report describes an unusual congenital anomaly found at postmortem in the pulmonary artery and vein of a 4-month-old female Holstein calf with clinical signs of congestive heart failure. Developmental abnormalities found included the pulmonary veins having two branches that opened into the right atrium instead of normal seven to eight, and the pulmonary artery had two branches in addition to the normal left and right branches that enter the lungs. This is the first confirmed case report of a congenital anomaly in the pulmonary artery and vein in the Holstein calf.

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  1. Department of Large Animal Internal Medicine, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran

    A. Jafari Dehkordi

  2. Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran

    R. A. Fatahian Dehkordi

  3. Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran

    A. Borjan

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An erratum to this article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00580-010-0955-z

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Dehkordi, A.J., Dehkordi, R.A.F. & Borjan, A. An unusual congenital anomaly in the pulmonary artery and vein of a Holstein calf. Comp Clin Pathol 19, 611–613 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00580-009-0930-8

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