Professional paper

A study on the birth of heterosexual river buffalo quadruplets - a case report

Veluchamy Ramesh Saravana Kumar ; Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India
Nagarajan Murali ; Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India
Seetharaman Selvam ; Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India
Gabriel Pitchai Richard Jagatheesan ; Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India
Jeganathan Muralidharan ; Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India
Santhan Panneerselvam ; Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India
Muthusamy Natarajan

Abstract

The birth of live heterosexual quadruplets (three females and one male) in a river buffalo is a very rare event and hence it is documented. The cytogenetic study revealed the female calves and the dam exhibited 2n = 50, XX chromosome complement and the male calf exhibited 2n = 50, XY chromosome complement and this proves that the female calves are not freemartins, that in buffaloes the heifer calves born with bull calves need not always be freemartins.

Keywords

quadruplets; freemartin; river buffalo

Hrčak ID:

45601

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/45601

Publication date:

10.7.2009.

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