Stephen D White1, Patrick J Bourdeau2, Thomas Brément2, Sophie I Vandenabeele3, Maarten Haspeslagh4, Vincent Bruet2, Marianne M Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan5. 1. Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, 944, Garrod Dr, Davis, CA, 95616, USA. 2. Dermatology, Parasitology and Mycology Unit, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, Agroalimentaire et de l'Alimentation Nantes-Atlantique: ONIRIS, Route de Gachet, 44307, Nantes, France. 3. Department of Medicine and Clinical Biology of Small Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, 9820, Merelbeke, Belgium. 4. Department of Surgery and Anaesthesiology of Domestic Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, 9820, Merelbeke, Belgium. 5. Department of Equine Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Yalelaan 112, 3584 CM, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Donkeys are important throughout the world as work animals and occasionally as pets or a meat source. Most descriptions of skin disease in donkeys are reported in small case series, textbooks or review articles. HYPOTHESIS/ OBJECTIVES: To document skin diseases and their prevalence in donkeys and to investigate predilections for the most common conditions. ANIMALS: Case populations at four veterinary schools totalling 156 donkeys. METHODS AND MATERIALS: A retrospective study was performed by searching computerized medical records, using the key word "donkey", at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis (UCD). Records of donkeys from the veterinary schools in Nantes, France; Utrecht, Netherlands and Ghent, Belgium were searched in a similar manner. The time periods included in the searches varied by institution. RESULTS: At UCD, 83 of 346 (24%) of donkeys had skin disease noted in their records. The most common diagnoses were insect bite hypersensitivity, sarcoid and habronemiasis. At Nantes, 36 of 144 (25%) had skin disease and the most common diagnoses were sarcoid and superficial pyoderma. At Utrecht 23 of 143 (16%) had skin disease and the most common diagnosis was dermatophytosis. At Ghent, 14 of 320 (4%) had skin disease and the most common diagnosis was sarcoid. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Cutaneous conditions in donkeys are common. Age, sex and breed predisposition and the most common diagnoses varied with geographical location. Clinicians should include a dermatological examination regardless of the reason for presentation.
BACKGROUND: Donkeys are important throughout the world as work animals and occasionally as pets or a meat source. Most descriptions of skin disease in donkeys are reported in small case series, textbooks or review articles. HYPOTHESIS/ OBJECTIVES: To document skin diseases and their prevalence in donkeys and to investigate predilections for the most common conditions. ANIMALS: Case populations at four veterinary schools totalling 156 donkeys. METHODS AND MATERIALS: A retrospective study was performed by searching computerized medical records, using the key word "donkey", at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis (UCD). Records of donkeys from the veterinary schools in Nantes, France; Utrecht, Netherlands and Ghent, Belgium were searched in a similar manner. The time periods included in the searches varied by institution. RESULTS: At UCD, 83 of 346 (24%) of donkeys had skin disease noted in their records. The most common diagnoses were insect bite hypersensitivity, sarcoid and habronemiasis. At Nantes, 36 of 144 (25%) had skin disease and the most common diagnoses were sarcoid and superficial pyoderma. At Utrecht 23 of 143 (16%) had skin disease and the most common diagnosis was dermatophytosis. At Ghent, 14 of 320 (4%) had skin disease and the most common diagnosis was sarcoid. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Cutaneous conditions in donkeys are common. Age, sex and breed predisposition and the most common diagnoses varied with geographical location. Clinicians should include a dermatological examination regardless of the reason for presentation.
Authors: Jevgenija Kondratjeva; Florie Julien; Céline Coutelier; Louis Humeau; Fabien Moog; Daniel Combarros; Isabelle Fourquaux; Charline Pressanti; Maxence Delverdier; Peter F Moore; Marie Christine Cadiergues Journal: BMC Vet Res Date: 2022-07-11 Impact factor: 2.792