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===[[Hypertrichosis]]===

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===Ichthyosis===

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===[[Ichthyosis]]===

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*Inherited cutaneous disease

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*Occurs in dogs and cattle

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*Grossly:

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**Thickened skin due to [[Skin Glossary - Pathology|hyperkeratosis]]

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**May crack resembling fish scales

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*Increased adherence of keratocytes preventing normal desquamation

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*In cattle occurs in two forms:

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**Ichthiosis fetalis - fatal, stillborn calves or die within days of birth

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**Ichthiosis congenita - folded and thickened skin, fissures and partial [[Skin Glossary - Pathology|alopecia]]

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~~[[Category:Integumentary System - Developmental Pathology]]~~

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