Neuropathic Hydrocephalus Calf

This one will be a Shoulder mount as well as a Finished skull.

This particular deformity, only found in Angus cattle develops very little to no identifiable brain tissues, and basically develops an Anencephalitic Skull with a Huge fluid filled sac. I removed more than 2 liters of CSF out of the sack.

 

ALOT of networking to acquire all these...

Bitbit- Yes it was stillborn. In this deformity the brain does not develop so the calf cannot control even the simplest of bodily functions like breathing and a beating heart... So as soon as the calf is disconnected from the cow it dies, or maybe never "lived" in the traditional sense. The whole brain in this calf was less than the size of a mandarin orange with a deformed brain stem.

Orkman-X- It is surprising how much of development must be controlled by the cow although most of these calves weigh in at 25-35 pounds, this one was a normal full term size at 74 pounds.

 

I was planning on wet preserving the brain, but the calf had been dead for 3 days when I got it and the fluid around the brain had made the tissues so soft I could not remove them without it turning to liquid.

 

Yes it seems they did identify the original carrier...

This article names the bull.

http://vetbook.org/wiki/cow/index.php/Neuropathic_hydrocephalus

 

This skull will not be for sale at this time.