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- Title
Achromotrichia due to hypocupremia in a dog.
- Authors
De Bosschere, H.; Platteeuw, A.-S.; Vander Stichele, V.
- Abstract
A five-year-old, intact, female, brown Labrador retriever was presented for loss of hair color (achromotrichia). Clinical and blood examinations revealed no significant abnormalities, except for a considerably reduced serum copper measurement. This has been described in dogs and cattle as achromotrichiosis due to hypocupremia. Interference of intestinal copper absorption due to an increased lead concentration in the drinking water was assumed to be the cause. The dog’s haircoat became brown again after serving tap water as drinking water and adding a copper supplement.
- Subjects
HAIR dyeing &; bleaching; COPPER; DRINKING water; BALDNESS; INTESTINAL absorption
- Publication
Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift, 2023, Vol 92, Issue 3, p121
- ISSN
0303-9021
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21825/vdt.87485