Abstract:The head and cranial portion of the neck of a 1-week-old sexually intact male polycerate (multihorned; 4-horned in this case) Jacob sheep (Ovis aries), the product of a 4-horned ram and a 4-horned ewe breeding, was presented for postmortem examination. The lamb had been born weak and unable to stand. Gradually, the animal lost its ability to eat and died shortly after. This lamb was 1 in a set of triplets. Within the triplet group, 1 lamb was born dead (horn number not specified) and 1 male 4-horned lamb was c… Show more
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