 Appears to be an albino Elk, located at Wagon Trails Animal Park. Image by Brian0918, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 2.5 |
RuntRunt Runt Animal unusually small for its species For other uses, see Runt (disambiguation). A runt is an animal that is unusually small for its species.[1] In veterinary medicine, a runt may also be described using terms such as low-birth weight, intrauterine growth restriction,[2] and small for gestational age.[3] An animal may be defined as small for gestational age (SGA) depending on different criteria, such as size in comparison to littermates',[4] as percent of maternal body weight,[5] as a specific neonate weight threshold for the breed or species,[6] and as different body proportions displayed by runts.[2] Runts face many challenges in comparison to their normal birth weight peers - they are more likely to contract diseases,[7] and die in the… (Source: Wikipedia)
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