Difference between revisions of "Skin Nutritional - Pathology"

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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

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

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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|neutrophils]] and ceroid pigment
+[[Category:Integumentary System - Nutritional Pathology]]