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Muller and Kirk's Small Animal Dermatology

  • 6th Edition - October 2, 2000
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Danny W. Scott, William H. Miller, Craig E. Griffin
  • Language: English

Fully revised and updated, Muller & Kirk's Small Animal Dermatologyprovides students and veterinarians the most complete, up-to-date and user-friendly textbook of dermatolo… Read more

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Fully revised and updated, Muller & Kirk's Small Animal Dermatologyprovides students and veterinarians the most complete, up-to-date and user-friendly textbook of dermatology for dogs, cats, and pocket pets. This popular resource thoroughly details everything concerning etiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, diagnosis, and therapy. Lavishly illustrated with clinical, microscopic and histopathological materials, it features over 1200 illustrations.

Key features

  • Covers every skin condition encountered in clinical practice.
    • Organized by etiologic chapters, so the practitioner can reference a chapter based on the diagnosis at hand.
  • Organizes skin disorders according to etiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and clinical management.
    • Every skin disease is illustrated with color or black and white photographs,
  • Presents and illustrates classic microscopic findings for most diseases so practitioners can validate their diagnosis.
    • Presents and illustrates classic histopathological findings for most diseases so practitioners can visually verify their skin biopsy reports.

    Readership

    Veterinarians, Veterinary Students

    Table of contents

    Structure and Function of the Skin
    Diagnostic Methods
    Dermatologic Therapy
    Bacterial Skin Diseases
    Fungal Skin Diseases
    Parasitic Skin Diseases
    Viral, Rickettsial, and Protazoal Skin Diseases
    Skin Immune System and Allergic Skin Diseases
    Immune-Mediated Disorders
    Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases
    Acquired Alopecias
    Congential and Hereditary Defects
    Pigmentary Abnormalities
    Keratinization Defects
    Psychogenic Skin Diseases
    Environmental Skin Diseases
    Nutritional Skin Diseases
    Miscellaneous Skin Diseases
    Diseases of Eyelids, Claws, Anal Sacs, and Ears
    Neoplastic and Non-Neoplastic Tumors
    Dermatoses of Pet Rodents, Rabbits and Ferrets
    Chronology of Veterinary Dermatology (1900-1998)

    Product details

    • Edition: 6
    • Latest edition
    • Published: October 2, 2000
    • Language: English

    About the authors

    DS

    Danny W. Scott

    Affiliations and expertise
    Professor of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences and Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

    WM

    William H. Miller

    William H. Miller, Professor of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences and Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
    Affiliations and expertise
    Professor of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences and Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

    CG

    Craig E. Griffin

    Craig E. Griffin, Animal Dermatology Clinic, San Diego, CA
    Affiliations and expertise
    Animal Dermatology Clinic, San Diego, CA, USA

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