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| | ===[[Zinc Deficiency]]=== | | ===[[Zinc Deficiency]]=== |
| − | *Mainly in dogs and pigs, sometimes ruminants
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| − | *'''In pigs''':
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| − | **Grossly:circumscribed reddened papules and plaques, thick crusting and scaling, fissures along ventral abdomen and medial thighs, sometimes generalised
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| − | **Microscopically: parakeratosis, acantosis, pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia, hypergranulosis
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| − | **Commonly secondary bacterial dermatitis
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| − | *'''In dogs''':
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| − | **Siberian huskies and Alaskan malamutes:
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| − | ***Grossly: scales and crusts around mouthm chin, eyes, joints, prepuse, scrotum, vulva
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| − | ***Microscopically: diffuse hyperkeratosis extending to follicles, superficial perivascular dermatitis with eosinophils
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| − | **Rapidly growing puppies:
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| − | ***Grossly: scaly plaques on skin, nasal planum and foot pads
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| − | *'''In ruminants''':
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| − | **Grossly: alopecia, crusts and scales on face, neck and distal extremities and mucocutaneous junctions
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| − | **Microscopically: parakeratosis, sometimes hyperkeratosis
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| − | [[Category:Integumentary System - Nutritional Pathology]]
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| | ===[[Copper Deficiency]]=== | | ===[[Copper Deficiency]]=== |