TY - JOUR AU - Buitkamp, Johannes AU - Luntz, Bernhard AU - Emmerling, Reiner AU - Reichenbach, Horst-Dieter AU - Weppert, Myriam AU - Schade, Benjamin AU - Meier, Norbert AU - Götz, Kay-Uwe PY - 2008 DA - 2008/10/01 TI - Syndrome of arachnomelia in Simmental cattle JO - BMC Veterinary Research SP - 39 VL - 4 IS - 1 AB - The syndrome of arachnomelia is an inherited malformation mainly of limbs, back and head in cattle. At present the arachnomelia syndrome has been well known mainly in Brown Swiss cattle. Nevertheless, the arachnomelia syndrome had been observed in the Hessian Simmental population during the decade 1964–1974. Recently, stillborn Simmental calves were observed having a morphology similar to the arachnomelia syndrome. The goal of this work was the characterization of the morphology and genealogy of the syndrome in Simmental to establish the basis for an effective management of the disease. SN - 1746-6148 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-4-39 DO - 10.1186/1746-6148-4-39 ID - Buitkamp2008 ER -