Seven-Legged Calf Born

“A seven-legged calf was born Thursday afternoon at Steamboat Veterinary Hos­pital. The Black Angus calf was delivered by Caesarean section. The owners of the calf, who wanted to remain anonymous, thought their cow was having twins, hospital receptionist Pam Lynn said. They brought the cow to the hospital Thursday morning because they couldn’t get the calf out, she said. Veterinarian Lee Meyring delivered the animal and called its condition a birth anomaly. “I’ve been in practice for 14 years, and I’ve only seen one other calf with a fifth leg,” Meyring said. “And so this one’s definitely the most bizarre I’ve seen. It’s just a twinning process that had an incomplete splitting of the embryo, then the fetus.” w/ photos

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