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==Neurological diseases of the skin, cutaneous hyperaesthesia==
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A hyperaesthetic (apparently pruritic) skin disorder that resulted in severe
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self-trauma has been reported. The donkey sustained a fracture of a cervical
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vertebra and the associated dermal segment showed persistent sweating
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and remained a constant irritation to the donkey. The area was traumatised
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persistently, but topical local anaesthetics had no material effect.
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===[[Rabies - Donkey|Rabies]]===
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Donkeys are liable to rabies like all other major mammals, and affected
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animals may show severe (central/paradoxical) pruritus. The patient will
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bite, lick and rub at the site of the original inoculation. Usually there is a
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history of a bite at the site and so clinicians MUST always ask before they
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examine a donkey in an endemic area that shows a focal, severe, progressive
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pruritus. Usually the course of the condition is rapid and so a diagnosis may
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be assumed or confirmed from the clinical and supportive tests.
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==References==
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* Knottenbelt, D. (2008) Skin disorders In Svendsen, E.D., Duncan, J. and Hadrill, D. (2008) ''The Professional Handbook of the Donkey'', 4th edition, Whittet Books, Chapter 8
    
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