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                                                                              Claw abnormalities




                                                                                                                                                 More than one
                        One paw
                                                                                                                                                     paw


          Neoplasia     Infection    Trauma


                                                                     Mainly
        – Squamous    – Secondary                                  affecting claw                                                                                                                      Mainly
          cell          bacterial                                     bed                                                                                                                           affecting claw
          carcinoma     infection
        – Lung        – Dermato-
          carcinoma     phytosis
          metastasis                         Neoplasia    Autoimmune      Hormonal       Infection                                                                                     Structural                              Brown
                                                             disease      influence                                                                                                    changes                              discolouration



                                            – Multiple    – Pemphigus    – Hypo-       – Secondary                                                           Claws too                                          Claws too   – Secondary
                                             squamous       foliaceus     thyroidism    bacterial                                                             soft,                                               long,       Malassezia
                                             cell         – Lupus                       infection                                                             brittle                                            curved      infection
                                             carcinoma      erythema-
                                            – Lung          tosus
                                             carcinoma                                                                              Autoimmune                          Nutrient    – Congenital   Increased       No       – Leish-
                                             metastases                                                                               disease     Allergy   Infection   deficiency   ichthyosis     growth       abrasion     maniosis


                                                                                                                                    – Lupoid     – Food     – Bac-     – Zinc-                   – Hyper-      – Ground
                                                                                                                                      onycho-     allergy     terial     respon-                   thyroidism   surface too
                                                                                                                                      dystro-    – Environ-  – Myco-     sive                                   soft
                                                                                                                                      phy         mental      tic        derma-                                – Too little
                                                                                                                                    – Lupus       allergy                tosis                                  exercise
                                                                                                                                      erythe-
                                                                                                                                      matosus




























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