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Revision as of 16:47, 26 July 2010

  • Occurs in cats, dogs, and pigs.
  • May be due to a lack of myenteric plexuses that occurs when neuroblasts fail to migrate from the nerual crest to the colorectal myenteric plexuses.
  • Congenital colonic agangliosis, a condition occurring in white foals, can lead to megacolon. It is thought to be an autosomal recessive condition.

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