Dry Skin

Abstract

Flaking, scaling, fissuring and roughness of the skin's surface is termed "dry skin." Synonyms are "xerosis," "xeroderma," "rough skin," "chapping skin," "asteatosis," and "winter eczema." These terms are based on the description of symptoms and physical signs, when light is scattered on a rough surface (Fig. 15.1). Although dry skin is very common, little is known about its etiology: A lack of moisture seems to be the underlying cause as well as a lack and/or imbalance of lipids or even a combination thereof. Consequently, the literature currently lacks a reproducible definition of dry skin [46]. The following presents an attempt to bring current findings about dry skin pathology into context.

Arbeiten von Ernst M. Lang in „Der Zoologische Garten“

“…Garten" zitiert. Bis heute gehört die erfolgreiche Pflege von Schuppentieren außerhalb des natürlichen Verbreitungsgebietes zu den Ausnahmen (Rudloff & Wensing, 2002;Schürer, 2006 (Müller, 1982;Volf, 1996). In dieser Notiz werden eine Frühgeburt beim Gorilla, ein erfolgreicher Flamingoschlupf sowie etwas ausführlicher die Geburt eines Beutelteufels (Sarcophilus harrisii) geschildert.…”