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===General===
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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
 
 
 
===[[Zinc Deficiency]]===
 
 
 
 
 
===[[Copper Deficiency]]===
 
*Hair or wool depigmentation
 
**Black sheep develop bands of lighter colouring
 
**Cattle develop spectacle pattern of depigmentation around eyes)
 
**Coat colour may change from black to reddish brown
 
 
 
 
 
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===[[Vitamin A Deficiency]]===
 
*In dogs
 
*Grossly: generalised scaling
 
*Microscopically: marked follicular hyperkeratosis
 
 
 
 
 
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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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