Skin diseases in the alpaca (Vicugna pacos): a literature review and retrospective analysis of 68 cases (Cornell University 1997-2006)
| Autor: | Jeff W. Vogel, Mary C. Smith, Rebekah I. Fleis, Danny W. Scott, William H. Miller |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Intertrigo integumentary system General Veterinary biology Follicular Cyst medicine.diagnostic_test Ichthyosis business.industry Retrospective cohort study medicine.disease Vicugna pacos Biopsy medicine biology.domesticated_animal Chondritis medicine.symptom Melanocytoma business |
| Zdroj: | Veterinary Dermatology. 22:2-16 |
| ISSN: | 0959-4493 |
| Popis: | This retrospective study describes 68 alpacas with skin diseases investigated from 1997 through 2006 at Cornell University. During this time period, 40 of 715 (5.6%) alpacas presented to the university hospital had dermatological diseases. In addition, skin-biopsy specimens accounted for 86 of 353 (24.4%) of alpaca biopsy specimens submitted to the diagnostic laboratory, and of these 86 specimens, follow-up was available for 28 cases. The following diseases were most common: bacterial infections (22%); neoplasms, cysts and hamartomas (19%); presumed immunological disorders (12%); and ectoparasitisms (10%). Conditions described for the first time included intertrigo, collagen and hair follicle hamartomas, lymphoma, hybrid follicular cysts, melanocytoma, anagen defluxion, telogen defluxion, presumed insect-bite hypersensitivity, ichthyosis, and possible hereditary bilateral aural haematomas and chondritis. The results of the retrospective study are compared and contrasted with the results of a literature review. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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