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