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F33978
Contributor: RICARDO MENDES
Institution: INSTITUTO FEDERAL CATARINENSE - IFC
System: ENDOCRINE
Organ: THYROID
Species: OVINE
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Diagnosis: CONGENITAL GOITER.
Cause: IODINE DEFICIENCY
Severe difuse enlargment of thyroid gland. Measuring 20cm x 10cm. Note the swollen tongue. Owner changed the mineral salt. Herd received this year mineral salt without iodine. In the last three months, 40 affected lambs and 5 normal lambs were born.
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F33978, CONGENITAL GOITER., submitted by RICARDO MENDES.
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