Azari O, Akhtardanesh B
Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran.
Asian Pac J Trop Biomed. 2011 Dec;1(6):502-4. doi: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60110-X.
A 3-year-old Persian queen was referred to Teaching Veterinary Hospital while 3 neonates' umbilical cords were entangled with the queen's tail hair. Close inspection of the cat showed that the umbilical cords of 3 kittens had twisted around together and entangled with the moms' hairs in the base of tail region. Also this complex has been warped around the left tarsus of one of the involved kittens and caused swelling and skin darkness in the involved limb. Operation was carried out urgently. After cutting the queen's involved hairs the kittens were released. Then the twisted umbilical cords and the hairs were isolated from the umbilical cord and the involved leg was released from the umbilical cords and the twisted umbilical cords were separated from each other. During one week follow up, dry gangrene occurred in the distal extremity of the injured limb and consequently, amputation was performed on the distal part of tibia. Our clinical findings suggest that long hair coats of queens could be a maternal life threatening factor for neonates' life.
一只3岁的波斯母猫被转诊至教学兽医医院，当时3只新生小猫的脐带与母猫的尾毛缠在了一起。仔细检查这只猫发现，3只小猫的脐带相互缠绕，并与母猫尾巴根部的毛发缠在一起。此外，这个缠结还缠绕在其中一只受影响小猫的左跗关节处，导致受影响肢体肿胀和皮肤发黑。紧急进行了手术。剪掉母猫相关部位的毛发后，小猫被解救出来。然后将扭曲的脐带和毛发从脐带上分离，受影响的腿部也从脐带上解脱，扭曲的脐带彼此分开。在一周的随访中，受伤肢体的远端发生干性坏疽，因此对胫骨远端进行了截肢。我们的临床发现表明，母猫的长毛可能是威胁新生小猫生命的一个因素。
