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===[[Vitamin A Deficiency]]===
 
===[[Vitamin A Deficiency]]===
*In dogs
 
*Grossly: generalised scaling
 
*Microscopically: marked follicular hyperkeratosis
 
 
 
[[Category:Integumentary System - Nutritional Pathology]]
 
  
  

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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