Seven Legged Puppy Born in Cilandak

A seven-legged puppy, last week, was born at a vet clinic in the Kitchen Milk, Cilandak, South Jakarta.

Puppy mixed race of the parent types Pug Mix and the Siberian Husky is one of eight puppies in the womb of its parent and successfully removed through surgery laparotomy.

"Seven puppies have normal body. While the puppies had seven feet, which is 2 in front, 4 in the back, and one on the back, "said veterinarian (vet) C Koesharjono that handles the delivery.

 

Through further observation, in addition to the uniqueness of seven feet, the puppy has two sexes (male), 1 head, 1 chest cavity, abdominal cavity 2, and 2 tails.

The eight puppies was born on February 8, and the condition is still premature because the gestational age of approximately 5 to 6 days for delivery. The owner brought the dog in the condition of the parent have a brown discharge.

Examination using a doppler then done, but it does not sound any sound at the heart of the puppies in the womb. Examination with x-rays also showed no fetus in the womb. The possibility of abortion has been filled with amniotic fluid.

Surgery and laparotomy performed after open abdominal cavity contains the enlarged uterus looks fetus. One by one, the fetus is removed and the numbers there are eight tails and found one of them had such abnormalities.

"When issued, the entire fetal heart rate there, but very weak. No one is crying, and moving, "said vet C Koesharjono. For an hour, the eighth fetal cultivated turned resustasi efforts, but to no avail and the eighth puppy dies.

"This case is a rare event. Not only in the world of veterinary medicine in Indonesia, but also in the world, "said C Koesharyono vet who has been practicing since 1966 as a small animal veterinary practitioner.

"Could be, conjoined twins attached is the result of one egg split into two, or two eggs grow together," said vet C Koesharyono. This case, he said, it is interesting to be further investigated, both for the veterinary world as well as for science of embryology.

The dog owner's permission and in the interests of research, this time, the seven-legged pup preserved in formalin 100 percent. A number of veterinary students and veterinarians, during this week, taking turns coming to the clinic to see the vet C Koesharyono puppy is preserved.