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===[[Acanthosis Nigricans]]===
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===[[Alopecia and Hypotrichosis]]===
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
===[[Collagen Dysplasia]]===
 
 
 
 
 
===[[Epidermolysis Bullosa]]===
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
===[[Epitheliogenesis Imperfecta]]===
 
 
 
===[[Hypertrichosis]]===
 
 
 
===Ichthyosis===
 
*Inherited cutaneous disease
 
*Occurs in dogs and cattle
 
*Grossly:
 
**Thickened skin due to [[Skin Glossary - Pathology|hyperkeratosis]]
 
**May crack resembling fish scales
 
*Increased adherence of keratocytes preventing normal desquamation
 
*In cattle occurs in two forms:
 
**Ichthiosis fetalis - fatal, stillborn calves or die within days of birth
 
**Ichthiosis congenita - folded and thickened skin, fissures and partial [[Skin Glossary - Pathology|alopecia]]
 
 
 
[[Category:Integumentary System - Developmental Pathology]]
 
 
 
 
 
===Porcine Juvenile Pustular Psoriasiform Dermatitis===
 
*Also called '''Pityriasis Rosea'''
 
*Occurs in pigs
 
*Symmetric lesions on the abdomen, loin and medial thigh
 
*Start as small [[Skin Glossary - Pathology|papules]] covered by brown [[Skin Glossary - Pathology|crusts]]
 
*-> lesions join and spread -> umbilicated [[Skin Glossary - Pathology|plaques]] containing white centres with erythematous and scaly borders
 
*Similar to [[Skin Infectious - Pathology|dermatophytosis]]
 
*Histologically:
 
**Epidermal hyperplasia, [[Skin Glossary - Pathology|parakeratosis]], epidermal [[Skin Glossary - Pathology|pustules]] and superficial perivascular dermatitis
 
*For more detail see [[Porcine Juvenile Pustular Psoriasiform Dermatitis]]
 
 
 
[[Category:Integumentary System - Developmental Pathology]]
 
 
 
 
 
===Zinc-related disorders===
 
*Occurs in Bullterriers and calves
 
*Resolves with zinc supplementation in calves but not dogs
 
*In dogs:
 
**Fatal acrodermatitis
 
**Lesions start between digits and on foot pads -> severe interdigital pyoderma -> [[Skin Glossary - Pathology|paronychia]] and [[Skin Glossary - Pathology|hyperkeratosis]] of pads
 
**May also occur on pinnae, elbows, muzzle, hocks or become generalised with [[Skin Glossary - Pathology|crusting, ulceration]] and secondary pyoderma
 
**Histologically:
 
***Hyperkeratosis and bacterial pustular dermatitis
 
 
 
[[Category:Integumentary System - Developmental Pathology]]
 

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