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− | ==== Megacolon ==== | + | ==== [[Megacolon]] ==== |
− | *Occurs in cats, dogs, and pigs.
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− | *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.
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− | *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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− | http://w3.vet.cornell.edu/nst/nst.asp?Fun=Display&imgID=632 megacolon
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