growth/size/body
• slightly dwarfed
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limbs/digits/tail
• bowed long bones
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• toes of hind feet may be flexed laterally
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short limbs
(
J:13829
)
short tail
(
J:13829
)
kinked tail
(
J:13829
)
thick tail
(
J:13829
)
reproductive system
skeleton
• enlarged epiphysis
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• conformation abnormalities in the metaphyseal region
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• consists of atypical cartilage
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• costo-chondral junctions are spread apart
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short ribs
(
J:13829
)
• show excess terminal, atypical cartilage
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• show excess terminal, atypical cartilage
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• contain large amounts of lipid
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• the growth plate is disrupted and secondary centers of ossification appear late
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• lack of alignment and ordering of cells with provisional calcification before osteogenesis
• junction between bone and cartilage is excessively sharp and irregular
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