The farmers believe the deformity is a result of pesticides used in the area

The stillborn kid had a deformity which made its head appear 'human'

An Argentinian family has found itself on the receiving end of a barrage of online abuse after one of their goats gave birth to a calf with a ‘human’ head.

The Villalba family from Centro, in the north-western Argentinian province of Salta, say they have been accused of bestiality after a friend posted images of the still-born kid on social media.

The friend posted the image of the baby goat, believed to have been deformed as a result of pesticides, to show the effects of insect repellent use in the area.

Deformed: Images of a still-born goat with a 'human' head went viral in Argentina and saw the owners attacked

Shortly afterwards the farming family were subjected to abuse and horrifying accusations by superstitious locals when the images went viral.

The Villalba family have been bombarded with accusations that somebody among their number had been having sex with their goat.

The farmer's wife Olga Villalba has now been forced into furious denials saying that neither her family nor any of their friends had interfered with the goat in any way when the mutant kid was born.

She said: ‘It was dead when it was born, we just want to get rid of it as quickly as possible so we buried it in a hole in the ground.

The friend posted the image of the calf, believed to have been deformed as a result of pesticides

Accusations: The Villalba family from north-western Argentinian have been accused of bestiality after the images of the deformed baby goat began to circulate online

Campaign gone wrong: A friend of the farmers posted the image of the kid, believed to have been deformed as a result of pesticides, to show the effects of insect repellent use in the area

‘It was clearly a genetic mutation caused by the excessive use of pesticides.

‘Another neighbour who was here and was curious took a picture which they unfortunately posted online sparking these ridiculous allegations.’