World's first ever identical twin puppies born in South Africa : independent

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World's first ever identical twin puppies born in South Africa

World's first ever identical twin puppies born in South Africa

The world's first ever identical twin puppies have been born in South Africa.A female Irish Wolfhound gave birth to puppies Cullen and Romulus via Caesarean section at Rant en Dal animal hospital in Mogale City, South Africa.The mother had been showing distress and prolonged abdominal straining when she was due to give birth.


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A dog has given birth to the first identical twin puppies

A dog has given birth to the first identical twin puppies

It seemed like a normal day for Kurt de Cramer, a vet in a busy veterinary practice in South Africa's Rant en Dal Animal Hospital in Mogale City.He was performing a Caesarean section on a female Irish wolfhound, who showed distress and prolonged abdominal straining when she was due to give birth.For de Cramer it was a routine event; he averages about 900 Caesarean sections each year.


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A dog has just given birth to the world's first identical twin puppies

A dog has just given birth to the world's first identical twin puppies

An Irish wolfhound has just given birth to the first identical twin puppies on record, delivered by veterinarian Kurt de Cramer at South Africa's Rant en Dal Animal Hospital.The pups are a rare example of monozygotic, or 'identical', twinning in mammals - something that's been reported in horses and pigs before, but appear to be incredibly uncommon in most species except for humans and armadillos.Twins can be either monozygotic (identical), meaning they develop from the same zygote (or egg cell), which is fertilised by the same sperm cell; or they can be dizygotic (fraternal), meaning they develop from two different egg cells, each fertilised by separate sperm cells.