Second Edition
edited by Aiden Foster
The completely rewritten new edition of BSAVA Manual of Small Animal Dermatology contains practical information in a problem-oriented format. Chapters follow a common pattern for easy information retrieval. Box features highlight clinical entities. The text includes clinical approach algorithms and an expanded section on exotic pets.
International contributors, mainly from the United States and the United Kingdom, provide detailed coverage of the subject.
- Examination and investigative techniques, including history and clinical examination, investigation and laboratory techniques, and more.
- Approach to clinical presentations, including approaches to pruritus, pustules, nodules, pigmentation disorders, otitis external and otits media, and others.
- Major common skin diseases of dogs and cats, including allergies, dermatophytosis, infections, metabolic dermatoses, mast cell tumors, obsessive compulsive disorders, and other problems.
- Skin problems in exotic pets—rabbits, rodents, ferrets, psittacines and finches, reptiles, amphibians, and ornamental fish.
The useful, detailed content and the beautiful color illustrations distinguish this book from the competition, making it a popular choice for veterinary surgeons in general practice worldwide. Veterinary students, nurses, and technicians will also find BSAVA Manual of Small Animal Dermatology, Second Edition helpful.
Contents
- Structure and function of the skin
- History, examination and initial evaluation
- Investigative and laboratory techniques
- Dermatopathology
- An approach to pruritus
- An approach to keratinization (cutaneous scaling) disorders
- An approach to pustules and crusting papules
- An approach to nodules and draining sinuses
- An approach to disorders of pigmentation
- An approach to alopecia in the cat
- An approach to focal alopecia in the dog
- An approach to symmetrical alopecia in the dog
- An approach to facial dermatoses
- An approach to otitis externa and otitis media
- An approach to pododermatitis
- An approach to anal sac diseases
- Atopy and adverse food reaction
- Flea allergy and flea control
- Sarcoptic mange, cheyletiellosis and trombiculosis
- Dermodicosis
- Staphylococcal pyoderma
- Dermatophytosis
- Malassezia dermatitis
- Cutaneoud manifestations of systemic infections
- Pemphigus
- Blistering and erosive immune-mediated skin disease
- Metabolic dermatoses
- Actinic (solar) dermatoses
- Mast cell tumors
- Acral lick and other compulsive disorders
- Eosinophilic dermatoses
- Rabbits and rodents
- Ferrets
- Birds
- Reptiles
- Amphibians
- Ornamental fish
Glossary
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