Talk:Alopecia in animals

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 8 September 2021 and 6 December 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): CLL05. Peer reviewers: OctoberOctopus.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 17:09, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Peer review for 680

• Might be useful to look at the human alopecia article (titled hair loss) and draw inspiration from their content structure (i.e including a causes/management treatment or whatever you are able to find citations for)
• If there is a species that is particularly prone to alopecia might be fun to include a more in depth look at that (I do know self mutilation in captive parrots is a HUGE thing that they do for a variety of reasons for example; you could also do a nice chunk on canine alopecia causes and treatments)
• Of course as always images (of the skin condition and species affected) where possible is helpful.
• Also including a definition for alopecia would be great.

Some (possible) questions that can be explored

• Is there a first recorded incident of alopecia in animals?
• How do scientists induce alopecia in lab subjects (genetic manipulation? Stress exercises? Pre or post-natal manipulations?)
• Are any forms of alopecia zoogenic? (Transmissible to humans)
• Whats the expected quality of life for animals that have this (in the wild? In captivity?)

Really cool topic ! I’m so excited to see it when its done 😊 OctoberOctopus (talk) 03:31, 15 November 2021 (UTC)