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Small Animal Dermatology

A Color Atlas and Therapeutic Guide

  • 4th Edition - August 1, 2016
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Keith A. Hnilica, Adam P. Patterson
  • Language: English

**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Veterinary Medicine**Streamlined for practical, everyday use in the clinic, Small Animal Dermatology: A Color Atlas and Therapeutic G… Read more

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**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Veterinary Medicine**

Streamlined for practical, everyday use in the clinic, Small Animal Dermatology: A Color Atlas and Therapeutic Guide, 4th Edition provides concise, thorough information on more than 250 skin diseases affecting small animals. More than 1,400 high-quality images help to ensure accurate diagnoses, with coverage including recognizable clinical signs, top differentials, diagnostic tests, treatment recommendations, and prognosis for each disorder. The differential diagnosis chapter adds clarity to the difficult task busy students and practitioners face every day – identifying what dermatologic condition is causing a dog, cat, or exotic animal to suffer. Chapters list diseases based upon the frequency of their occurrence in the pet population, and detailed procedures include helpful illustrations of key techniques.

Key features

  • Well-organized, concise, yet comprehensive, coverage of over 250 skin diseases in dogs, cats, birds, and exotic pets like rabbits, ferrets, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, chinchillas, turtles, snakes, and lizards allows for quick and easy reference.
  • Comprehensive drug appendices highlight information about dosage, adverse reactions, indications, and contraindications for antimicrobial, antiseborrheic, and antipruritic shampoo therapy, topical, otic, and systemic therapeutic drugs.
  • Detailed procedures include helpful illustrations of key techniques.
  • Thoroughly covers each disorder with recognizable clinical signs, top differentials, diagnostic tests, treatment recommendations, and prognoses.
  • More than 1,450 vivid, full-color images in atlas format clearly demonstrate clinical appearance of skin lesions to facilitate accurate diagnosis and treatment.
  • An atlas of before- and after-treatment images provides you with a compelling client communication tool to promote treatment acceptance and compliance.
  • Emphasizes important information on the continuing emergence of zoonotic skin diseases in each chapter.

Table of contents

1. Differential Diagnoses and Algorithms

2. Diagnostic Techniques

3. Bacterial Skin Diseases

4. Fungal Skin Diseases

5. Parasitic Skin Disorders

6. Viral, Rickettsial, and Protozoal Skin Diseases

7. Hypersensitivity Disorders

8. Autoimmune and Immune-Mediated Skin Disorders

9. Hereditary, Congenital, and Acquired Alopecia

10. Congenital Diseases

11. Pigmentary Abnormalities

12. Keratinization and Seborrheic Disorders

13. Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Claws, and Anal Sacs

14. Neoplastic and Non-Neoplastic Tumors

15. Avian and Exotic Animal Skin Diseases

16. Pre-treatment and Post-treatment Response Images
Appendices

Product details

  • Edition: 4
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 18, 2017
  • Language: English

About the authors

KH

Keith A. Hnilica

Affiliations and expertise
The Itch Clinic, Pet Wellness Center, Allergy and Dermatology

AP

Adam P. Patterson

Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Professor, Texas A&M University

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