Congenital Vertebral Malformation in a Neonatal Elk (Cervus canadensis) in Kentucky, USA

Kathleen E. Williams; Nathan D. Hooven; John T. Hast; Christine L. Casey; Nicole M. Nemeth; Alisia Weyna; Matthew T. Springer; John J. Cox

doi:10.7589/JWD-D-22-00126

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Kathleen E. Williams,^1,2,* Nathan D. Hooven,¹ John T. Hast,³ Christine L. Casey,² Nicole M. Nemeth,⁴ Alisia Weyna,⁴ Matthew T. Springer,¹ John J. Cox¹

¹Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Kentucky, 105 T. P. Cooper Building, Lexington, Kentucky 40546, USA
²Wildlife Health Program, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, 1 Sportsman's Lane, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, USA
³Bear and Elk Program, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, 1 Sportsman's Lane, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, USA
⁴Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study and Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, 589 D. W. Brooks Drive, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA

^*Corresponding author (email: kathleen.williams@uky.edu)

Abstract

We captured a <1-d-old male elk calf (Cervus canadensis) with a shortened neck. Postmortem examination revealed trauma, meconium aspiration syndrome, and cervical vertebral malformation (partial fusion and narrowed disc spaces). This observation is novel in a wild elk calf, although the gross lesions resembled complex vertebral malformation in neonatal cattle.

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Kathleen E. Williams, Nathan D. Hooven, John T. Hast, Christine L. Casey, Nicole M. Nemeth, Alisia Weyna, Matthew T. Springer, and John J. Cox "Congenital Vertebral Malformation in a Neonatal Elk (Cervus canadensis) in Kentucky, USA," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 59(3), 532-535, (30 June 2023). https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-22-00126

Received: 31 August 2022; Accepted: 7 February 2023; Published: 30 June 2023

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