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HTML

<tr>
				<td class="clearfix cell picklist-cell" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div class="info"><label id="pp_assettype_label" for="pp_assettype">Asset Type</label><div class="validators"></div></div><div class="control"><select name="ctl00$ContentContainer$MainContent$EntityFormControl$EntityFormControl_EntityFormView$pp_assettype" class="form-control picklist  dirty" id="pp_assettype" onchange="setIsDirty(this.id);">
					<option selected="selected" value="" label=" "> </option>
					<option value="778380000">Ship</option>
					<option value="778380004">BWMS Model</option>
					<option value="778380001">Filter</option>
					<option value="778380002">System Component</option>
					<option value="778380003">Other</option>

				</select></div></td>
				<td class="cell zero-cell"></td>
			</tr>

				<tr>
				<td class="clearfix cell textarea form-control-cell" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div class="info"><label id="pp_description_label" for="pp_description">Description</label><div class="validators"><span id="MaximumLengthValidatorpp_description" style="visibility:hidden;">*</span></div></div><div class="control"><textarea name="ctl00$ContentContainer$MainContent$EntityFormControl$EntityFormControl_EntityFormView$pp_description" class="textarea form-control " id="pp_description" onkeydown="javascript:return LimitInput(this, event);" onchange="setIsDirty(this.id);" onpaste="javascript:return LimitPaste(this, event);" oninput="javascript:return LimitInput(this, event);" rows="4" cols="20"></textarea></div></td>
				<td class="cell zero-cell"></td>
			</tr>

JavaScript

$("#pp_assettype").change(

function setVisibilityFields() {
       if ($(this).val() == 778380000) { // = Ship
           $("#pp_description").parent().parent().show();
       }
       else if ($(this).val() == 778380001 || $(this).val() == 778380002) { // = Filter or System Component
           $("#pp_description").parent().parent().hide();
       }
       else if ($(this).val() == 778380003) { // = Other
             $("#pp_description").parent().parent().hide();
       }
       else if ($(this).val() == 778380004) { // = BWMS Model
           $("#pp_description").parent().parent().show();
       }
       else {
           return;
       }
    }
);