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1044 PART 13 CAT WITH SKIN PROBLEMS

results in alopecia, crust formation, miliary dermatitis
IDIOPATHIC MILIARY DERMATITIS
and secondary infection.
Classical signs Lesions occur mainly along the dorsal, inguinal and
ventral abdominal areas.
● Papulocrustous dermatitis.
● Pruritus.

Diagnosis
Clinical signs

Pruritus and self-trauma occur, and are expressed as Diagnosis is based on clinical signs and exclusion of all
licking or over-grooming rather than scratching. This other etiologies after extensive diagnostic work-up.

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