Notes on small animal dermatology

Title Page
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Table of 
Contents......Page 7
Section 1: 
The basic tools......Page 13
Terminology and Glossary
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Lesions......Page 23
3.1 History
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3.2 Clinical Examination
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3.3 Examination For Ectoparasites
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3.4 Cytology
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3.5 Skin biopsies 
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3.6 Fungal examination
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3.7 Examinations for bacteria and yeasts
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3.8 Allergy testing
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3.9 Tests for endocrine disease 
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Section 2: 
Problem-orientated approach......Page 59
4.1 Causes of pruritus
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4.2 The pruritic dog
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4.4 The pruritic cat
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4.5 Clinical approach to the pruritic cat
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5.1 The most common cause of scaling conditions is parasites
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5.5 Systemic disease
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5.7 Mild scaling
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5.9 Immune-mediated disease
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5.12 Treatment of scaling disorders
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6.3 Traumatic hairloss
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6.4 Inflammatory hairloss
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6.7 Endocrine alopecia
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6.8 Biopsy
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6.10 Long-term palliative treatment is usually necessary in alopecic skin conditions to address secondary complications (see chapter 27)
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7.1 Young animals
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7.2 Severe/recurrent or persistent lesions
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7.5 Investigation of pustular disease
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7.6 Folliculitis
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8.3 Generalised hyperpigmentation may occur in some endocrine and non-endocrine conditions
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8.6 Reddening of the skin
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8.9 Early histopathological examination is essential
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8.10 Some lesions cannot always be definitively diagnosed on biopsy
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9.3 Cytology or histopathology
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9.6 Definitive diagnosis reached
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9.7 Chronic inflammatory and bacterial/fungal lesions
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Section 3: 
Aetiological approach......Page 107
10.1 Dog
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10.2 Cats
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10.3 Rabbit
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10.4 Guinea pigs
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10.5 Other Mites And Lice Of Rabbits Mice And Gerbils(Figures 3.18b, 3.20b And 3.21)
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11.1 Bacterial infections
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11.2 Leishmaniosis
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11.3 Fungal infections
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11.4 Malassezia Dermatitis
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11.5 Skin diseases caused by viruses
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12.1 Parasitic hypersensitivity
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12.2 Atopic dermatitis
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12.3 Adverse cutaneous reaction to food
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12.4 Insect bite hypersensitivity
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12.5 Bacterial, fungal and yeast hypersensitivity
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13.2 The management of immune-mediated disease
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13.3 Specific diseases
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14.1 Hyperadrenocorticism
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14.2 
Hypothyroidism......Page 179
14.3 Less common endocrine diseases with a primary effect on the skin
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14.4 Common endocrine diseases that have a secondary effect on the skin
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14.5 Rare endocrine problems
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15.1 Primary hair follicle dysplasias 
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15.2 Secondary hair follicle dysplasias 
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16.1 Primary skin masses
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16.2 Common types of skin neoplasia
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16.3 Generalised skin neoplasia
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16.5 Paraneoplastic syndromes
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17.1 Metabolic disease 
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17.2 Nutritional disease
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17.3 Environmental causes
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17.5 Dermatoses of neurological origin
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Section 4: 
Anatomically localised skin disease......Page 205
18.1 Management of claw disease
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18.2 Management of footpad disease
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18.3 Pododermatitis
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19.1 Management of perianal skin disease
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20.1 Management of pinnal disease
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20.3 Management of chronic or recurrent otitis externa (figures 20.8 and 20.9)
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Periocular skin disease......Page 242
21.1 management of periocular disease......Page 243
22.1 management of the haired skin of the muzzle......Page 246
22.2 management of diseases affecting the nasal planum......Page 252
Management of facial lesions......Page 254
Management of skin disease affecting the legs......Page 258
Management of diseases affecting mainly the trunk and dorsum......Page 264
Section 5: 
Treatment of skin diseases......Page 271
26.1 Ectoparasiticides 
......Page 273
26.2 Treatment of diseases caused by micro-organisms
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26.3 Treatment of hypersensitivity dermatitis
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26.4 Treatment of immune-mediated disease
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26.5 Treatment of endocrine disease
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26.6 Treatments for hair follicle disorders and keratinisation defects (primary scaling disorders, primary seborrhoea)
......Page 307
26.7 Chemotherapeutic agents commonly used in skin neoplasia
......Page 312
27.1 Management of pruritus
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27.2 Bacterial And Yeast Infections
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27.3 Management of scaling
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27.4 Nutritional support for damaged skin
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28.2 Dose and formulation
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28.3 Steroid sparing measures
......Page 338
28.4 Side-effects
......Page 339
28.5 Contraindications
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29.1 Use of topical preparations
......Page 342
29.3 Formulations of topical treatments
......Page 343
Appendices......Page 351
Appendix 1: 
History form......Page 352
Appendix 2: 
Clinical examination......Page 354
Appendix 3: 
Testing food intolerance......Page 355
Appendix 4: 
Advice on the use of medicinal products......Page 357
Appendix 5: 
Safe use of glucocorticoids......Page 359
Appendix 6: 
Side-effects seen when steroids are given......Page 361
Index......Page 363