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+ | *Often combined deficiency which improves when animal is fed a balnced diet | ||
+ | *Sometimes caused by change in demand (pregnancy, growth, cold weather) or due to disease | ||
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+ | ===[[Zinc Deficiency]]=== | ||
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+ | ===[[Copper Deficiency]]=== | ||
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+ | ===[[Vitamin A Deficiency]]=== | ||
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+ | ===[[Vitamin E Deficiency]]=== | ||
+ | *Steatitis may develop in cats fed excess fatty acids or with vitamin E deficincy | ||
+ | *Grossly: firm, yellow or orange nodules in subcutaneous tissue | ||
+ | *Microscopically: nodular to diffuse granulomatous panniculitis, macrophages and giant cells, oedema, fat necrosis, [[Neutrophils|neutrophils]] and ceroid pigment | ||
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General
- Often combined deficiency which improves when animal is fed a balnced diet
- Sometimes caused by change in demand (pregnancy, growth, cold weather) or due to disease
Zinc Deficiency
Copper Deficiency
Vitamin A Deficiency
Vitamin E Deficiency
- Steatitis may develop in cats fed excess fatty acids or with vitamin E deficincy
- Grossly: firm, yellow or orange nodules in subcutaneous tissue
- Microscopically: nodular to diffuse granulomatous panniculitis, macrophages and giant cells, oedema, fat necrosis, neutrophils and ceroid pigment