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− | *Involves [[Type I Hypersensitivity|Type I reaction]]
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− | *Mainly causes pruritus
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− | *Dogs - face rubbing and foot licking; secondary [[Bacterial skin infections - Pathology#Pyoderma|pyoderma]] or [[Skin Other - Pathology#Secondary seborrhea|seborrhea]]
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− | *Cats - facial, ear or generalised pruritus, miliary dermatitis, [[Skin Other - Pathology#Eosinophilic granuloma|eosinophilic granuloma complex]], symmetric alopecia
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− | *Horses - pruritic hea, pinnae, ventrum, legs, tailhead or recurrent [[Skin Glossary - Pathology|urticaria]]
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− | *Lesions generally due to self-trauma
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− | *Microscopically:
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− | **Hyperplastic superficial perivascular dermatitis
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− | **Mast cells, eosinophils, nonmetachromatic mononuclear cells
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− | **Perivascular inflammation may be involved especially in horses
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− | [[Category:Type I Hypersensitivity Diseases]]
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− | [[Category:Integumentary System - Hypersensitivity Reactions]]
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