A Case of Cleft Palate in a Kuril Seal (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri), from Hokkaido, Japan

Masatsugu Suzuki; Mayumi Kishimoto; Shin-ichi Hayama; Noriyuki Ohtaishi; Fumio Nakane

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-28.3.490

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1 July 1992 A Case of Cleft Palate in a Kuril Seal (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri), from Hokkaido, Japan

Masatsugu Suzuki, Mayumi Kishimoto, Shin-ichi Hayama, Noriyuki Ohtaishi, Fumio Nakane

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 28(3):490-493 (1992). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-28.3.490

Abstract

A male pup Kuril seal (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri) from Hokkaido, Japan, was observed with a unilateral and total cleft of the primary palate. Complications included a supernumerary tooth, hypoplasia and asymmetry of the face, and deformation of the eyeball and external auditory meatus. An accompanying pneumonia may have resulted from water flowing into the respiratory system due to imperfect closure of the nostril by the cleft. No other abnormalities were found.

Suzuki, Kishimoto, Hayama, Ohtaishi, and Nakane: A Case of Cleft Palate in a Kuril Seal (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri), from Hokkaido, Japan

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Masatsugu Suzuki, Mayumi Kishimoto, Shin-ichi Hayama, Noriyuki Ohtaishi, and Fumio Nakane "A Case of Cleft Palate in a Kuril Seal (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri), from Hokkaido, Japan," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 28(3), 490-493, (1 July 1992). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-28.3.490

Received: 10 June 1991; Published: 1 July 1992

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