SEASONAL FLANK ALOPECIA IN AFFENPINSCHERS

Two intact, distantly related, female affenpinschers, belonging to a b reeder, were referred in March 1993 for the investigation of bilateral , symmetrical flank alopecia in one bitch and bilateral, symmetrical f lank, dorsum and tail alopecia in the other; the alopecia occurred fro m November to May and January to May, respectively. During that period the bitches were kept in a conservatory without artificial heating or lighting. The owner reported that the mother of one bitch had had bil ateral, symmetrical flank alopecia during one winter when kept in the conservatory, but was normal the following winter when kept in the hou se. Three other females and a male exhibited the same clinical signs w hen kept in the conservatory during the winter. Seasonal flank alopeci a has not previously been reported in affenpinschers.