黒人/ボイコット dog turns 完全に WHITE 2.5 years after 存在 診断するd with vitiligo - as incredible photos 詳細(に述べる) his colour-changing 変形
- Dog that once had 黒人/ボイコット fur is now white 予定 to the rare 条件?
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Vitiligo ? the 条件 that famously 影響する/感情d Michael Jackson ??原因(となる)s?pale white patches to develop on human 肌.?
But as one dog owner can attest, the rare disorder 影響する/感情s animals 同様に.?
Buster, an adorable four-year-old dog based in Oklahoma, has turned from 黒人/ボイコット to 完全に white 予定 to his vitiligo.??
Photos 地位,任命するd to Reddit?show the pooch's?incredible colour-changing 変形?in the space of two-and-a-half years.?
Vitiligo is a 条件 in which the pigment 独房s of the 肌 are destroyed in 確かな areas of the 団体/死体, but it 影響する/感情s fur and hair 同様に as 肌.?
The amazing before-and-after photos were 地位,任命するd to Reddit by Buster’s owner, Matt Smith. His pet 完全に changed from 黒人/ボイコット to white over the course of the 2.5 years
It's not (疑いを)晴らす why vitiligo occurs, but it's believed it happens when something 干渉するs with 独房s that produce melanin, the 実体 that gives 肌 and hair its colour.?
Since the photos were 地位,任命するd to Reddit by Buster’s owner, Matt Smith (TallyMatty) based in Oklahoma City, the story has gone viral.
'My boy Buster (4yo) has 完全に changed from 黒人/ボイコット to white over the course of the last 2.5 years,' Matt said.?
'Buster has the 肌 条件 vitiligo ? it 原因(となる)s depigmentation of the 肌 (and fur).'
Fellow Reddit 使用者s replied in astonishment, while many drew comparisons with the world's most famous vitiligo 苦しんでいる人,?Michael Jackson.?
One 地位,任命するd: 'Wow! This is the most fascinating thing I've seen on reddit in ages.?
'I was sure this was going to be 偽の until I scrolled through.'?
Another said: 'If you hadn't shown the 移行, I never would have believed it.?
Yet another 簡単に 地位,任命するd: 'I'm barking at the dog in the mirror.'?
The owner 地位,任命するd 多重の snaps dating 支援する に向かって the start of Buster's amazing 変形.
The owner?had noticed white patches 近づく Buster's mouth and chin before they it started to spread over his 直面する and 団体/死体. Pictured, August 2022
A human or animal with vitiligo experiences depigmentation, which occurs when the 肌 loses its natural pigments. Pictured,?November 2022
It's not (疑いを)晴らす why vitiligo occurs, but it's believed that it happens when something 干渉するs with the 団体/死体's melanin-producing 独房s. Pictured,?May 2023
He 最初 had noticed white patches 近づく Buster's mouth and chin before it started to spread over his 直面する and 団体/死体.
'He would lose his 黒人/ボイコット fur and new white fur would come in,' Matt said.
'So there was a point in time where he was balding in areas until his fresh fluffy white fur grew in.'??
Fortunately, vitiligo in pets is painless and the dog is not known to be experiencing any 苦しむing or 不快.?
It's also pretty rare ? vitiligo is said to occur in いっそう少なく than one per cent of dogs, によれば Rover.com.
Some 産む/飼育するs ? 含むing?Rottweiler, Old English sheepdog, German shepherd and Dachshund ? are more 傾向がある than others.
In some dogs, the entire 団体/死体 will be depigmented, but in others, the 条件 will only appear in the form of patches or 位置/汚点/見つけ出すs.
Vitiligo usually shows up in young adulthood,?Rover.com 追加するs, and almost always starts on the dog's 直面する.?
によれば PetMD,?there are no 利用できる 治療s for vitiligo that will re-pigment a pet's 影響する/感情d 肌 and fur.?
'However, because vitiligo 原因(となる)s no 不快, your dog or cat will be just 罰金 living the 残り/休憩(する) of his or her life with this 条件,' it says.?
August 2023: Buster is mostly white and any dark patches are concentrated around his 支援する and tail
October 2023:?Vitiligo in pets is painless and the dog is not known to be experiencing any 苦しむing or 不快
Many more owners have 株d their experiences of having pets with?vitiligo, 含むing?Elli, the adorable cookies-and-cream kitten from Germany.?
Another Reddit 使用者, u/BacardiBlue, said they once had a jet 黒人/ボイコット cat who developed vitiligo.
'He started turning white at all of his e xtremities...tip of his nose, tips of his ears, nose, and tail and then it spread その上の,' they said.?
'It was amazing to watch the 変形 for the 7 years that I had him, and my vet was 絶対 fascinated.'?
一方/合間,?Rowdy the 黒人/ボイコット Labrador developed?white blotches around his 注目する,もくろむs?that look like they'd been painted on by owners.?
MailOnline has 接触するd Mr Smith and The Kennel Club for その上の 解明 on Buster's 産む/飼育する.??