1. Syndactyly

2. Dominant or Recessive
Syndactyly is an autosomal dominant geneticly transferred disease

3. History of Syndactyly Major symptom of Poland disease
Named for Alfred Poland-1822
Assisted by George Elt who was never recognized as helping Alfred Poland
Syndactyly is a very common symptom of this syndrome
First reported case of a Holstein with Syndactyly in the US was in 1951

4. Cause of the disease
Syndactyly is due to errors in the process of fetal development.
Syndactyly is also a possible outcome of a large number of rare inherited and developmental disorders.

5. Cow with syndactyly

6. Symptoms Multi-Symptom Different degrees
Apert Sydrome, Poland Syndrome, Jarcho-Levin Syndrome, Oral-Facial-Digital Syndrome, Pfeiffer syndrome, and Edwards syndrome

7. Affected, Treatment, Prevention
Any animal
Surgery
No prevention except to not breed animals with this disease

8. Sites Used http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/578400/syndactyly