A Case of Intersexuality (Hermaphrodism) in a Horned Goat

Anatomical, histological and genetic investigations of a sexually anomalous goat

“…Intersexuality is more common in goats than in any other farm animal (Crew and Dighton 1923, Somervail 1937, Eaton and Simmons 1939, Hill 1941, Ottaway 1945, Kondo 1955, Padeh and others 1965, Biggers and MacFeely 1966, Bosu and Basrur 1984, Smith and Sherman 1994, Batista and others 2000, Pailhoux and others 2002. With the advances in molecular studies on sex determination, intersex goats provide a good subject for the study of the mechanism(s) of sex determination and the gene(s) responsible for the lack or presence of sex-specific characteristics (Pailhoux and others 2001).…”