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− | ===General===
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− | *Often combined deficiency which improves when animal is fed a balnced diet
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− | *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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− | *Hair or wool depigmentation
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− | **Black sheep develop bands of lighter colouring
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− | **Cattle develop spectacle pattern of depigmentation around eyes)
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− | **Coat colour may change from black to reddish brown
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− | ===[[Vitamin A Deficiency]]===
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− | *In dogs
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− | *Grossly: generalised scaling
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− | *Microscopically: marked follicular hyperkeratosis
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− | ===[[Vitamin E Deficiency]]===
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− | *Steatitis may develop in cats fed excess fatty acids or with vitamin E deficincy
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− | *Grossly: firm, yellow or orange nodules in subcutaneous tissue
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− | *Microscopically: nodular to diffuse granulomatous panniculitis, macrophages and giant cells, oedema, fat necrosis, [[Neutrophils|neutrophils]] and ceroid pigment
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