[kellyhound]

A baby goat is called a kid. A kid is considered any baby goat under 6 months of age. This one is filmed 15 minutes after birth.

[kellyhound]

another one.

[Meridian]

I find them really cute. I want one as a pet.

[Seaker]

I'd name the second kid Brute

[flyflicker123]

India has just as many deformed kids as animals..Something definitely in the water..

[Slyvia]

I wonder what was amiss with the first one. It looks like its eyes were fused together and it still had a mouth. I wonder if it survived long after the video was shot? Its condition looked related to the second one.

[Susan]

scariest one i've seen is this one from Argentina.


I think these are just genetic or congenital deformities. Caused by anything really. Bad breeding from genetically afflicted parents, chemical use etc. Or possibly up the bum conceiving via the locals lol

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[Azimuth]

They're still pretty cute!

[ASerbianAnon]

It looks like how I draw a goat

[kellyhound]

Originally Posted by flyflicker123 ↗

India has just as many deformed kids as animals..Something definitely in the water..

Seventy percent of birth defects are preventable through the application of various cost effective community genetic services.

Indian people are living in the midst of risk factors for birth defects, e.g., universality of marriage, high fertility, large number of unplanned pregnancies, poor coverage of antenatal care, poor maternal nutritional status, high consanguineous marriages rate and high carrier rate for hemoglobinopathies.

India being the second most populous country with a large number infant born annually with birth defects should focus its attention on strategies for control of birth defects.

Many population based strategies such as iodization, double fortification of salt, flour fortification with multivitamins, folic acid supplementation, periconceptional care, carrier screening and prenatal screening are some of proven strategies for control of birth defects.

Strategies such as iodization of salt in spite of being initiated for a long time in the past do have a very little impact on its consumption (only 50% were using iodized salt).

Community genetic services for control of birth defects can be easily flourished and integrated with primary health care in India because of its well established infrastructure and personnel in the field of maternal and child health care.

As there is wide variation for infant mortality rate (IMR) in different states in India, so there is a need of deferential approach to implement community genetic services in states those had already achieved national goal of IMR.

On the other hand, states those have not achieved the national goal on IMR priority should be given to management of other causes of infant mortality.

Birth defects can be defined as structural or functional abnormalities, including metabolic disorders, which are present from birth. The term congenital disorder is considered to have the same meaning and two terms are used interchangeably.

According to March of Dimes (MOD) Global Report on Birth Defects, worldwide 7.9 million births occur annually with serious birth defects and 94% of these births occur in the middle and low income countries.

According to joint World Health Organization (WHO) and MOD meeting report, birth defects account for 7% of all neonatal mortality and 3.3 million under five deaths.

In India birth defects prevalence varies from 61 to 69.9/1000 live births.

Major birth defects include congenital heart defects, neural tube defects (NTDs) and Down syndrome, hemoglobinophathies and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, cause 20% of infant mortality and are responsible for a substantial number of childhood hospitalizations. It has been estimated that 70% of birth are preventable.

Incidence of Down syndrome is related to fertility status of older (>35 years) female which constitute around 17% of the female population.

According to National Family Health Survey 3 (NFHS 3) report, fertility rates among women of age group of 35-49 are around 53 live birth per 1000 female of the same age group.

Based on these estimates around 5.26 million births occur annually to these females. Sixty five percent of such births are of four or more order.

These births are also at maximum risk for occurrence of Down syndrome.

In India, annual birth of Down syndrome babies is around 37,000 taking incidence of down syndrome as1.4/1000 live birth.

Unplanned pregnancies and no antenatal care straightway means pregnancies not benefitted from preventive strategies against birth defects.

According to NFSH 3, report 22.8% of pregnant female didn’t receive any antenatal care and 33% received any type of ANC care at 4 month or even later; 10% pregnancies were mistimed and 11% were not wanted at all.

Common reasons for unplanned pregnancies reported in studies are contraceptive failure, lack of access to family planning information and services, personal or religious beliefs, inadequate knowledge about the risks of pregnancy following unprotected sexual relations, women’s limited decision making with regard to sexual relations and contraceptive use, and incest or rape.

Exact prevalence of chronic conditions like diabetes, epilepsy, hypertension during pregnancy is not known, but it has been documented by study, that about 8% of pregnant women need permanent drug treatment due to various chronic diseases and pregnancy-induced complications.

Based on recent estimates, consanguinity rates in India varies from as low as 1% to 4% in the northern region to as high as 40-50% in the southern region.

In comparison to a non-consanguineous couple, consanguineous are more likely to have (1) early age at marriage and at first birth (2) higher number of infants born (3) same or lower rates of abortion, (4) higher rates of postnatal mortality (5) higher rates of congenital malformations and genetic disorder.

Carrier frequencies for various genetic disorders like thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, and metabolic disorder are high among Indians.

Carrier frequencies for sickle cell hemoglobin ranges from 17% to 30% or more in the population. Hb E is found in the eastern half of the Indian sub-continent, and throughout South-East Asia, where in some areas, carrier rates may exceed 60% of the population.

The carrier frequency for β thalassaemia ranges from 0.3% to 15%, while that for the milder forms of α thalassaemia varies from 15% to 80% (tribal population) in north eastern parts of India.

Maternal deficiencies of iodine and folic acid and other macro and micro nutrient found to be associated with birth defects.

According to NFHS 3, just over half (51%) household was using salt that was adequately iodized.

Fifty-five percent of women were found to be anemic. Anemia is more prevalent for women who are breastfeeding (63%) and women who are pregnant (59%) than other. More than one-third (36%) of women have a BMI below 18.5, indicating a high prevalence of nutritional deficiency.

According to NFHS 3, 11% of reproductive age group female was using any form of tobacco and its usage was almost equal among pregnant and non-pregnant women.

Children of women who smoke during pregnancy are found to have multiple birth defects 1.5-2 times more than expected.

Alcohol, which is associated with fetal alcohol syndrome, usage among reproductive age group female was 2.2%.

According to study on drug utilization pattern during pregnancy, exposures to radiation and category X drug occur in 4% and 5.71% pregnant female respectively during the first trimester.

Exposures to other categories of drugs during their first trimester vary from 55.28% for category A to 6% for category D drugs respectively.

Moreover, easy availability of drugs coupled with inadequate health services, compound the problem of intake of non-prescribed drugs and self-medication.