Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Small Animal Dermatology, Third Edition offers accessible, reliable information on canine and feline dermatology using the popular Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult format - now with new topics, updated therapeutics, and improved images.
- Provides fast access to reliable information on treating dermatologic diseases and conditions in dogs and cats
- Uses the popular Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult format and alphabetic arrangement for quick reference
- Offers thorough updates to this popular handbook, including a new “basics” section, new topics, and updated therapeutics, as well as new and improved images of dermatoses for easy comparison with clinical cases
- Puts the most commonly used dermatology information at the clinician's fingertips for rapid decision-making
- Includes access to a companion website with client education handouts to download and use in practice
Table of Contents
Preface ix
About the Companion Website xi
Section 1 Basics 1
Chapter 1 Epidermis in Clinical Dermatology 3
Chapter 2 Lesion Description/Terminology 11
Chapter 3 Diagnostic Culture and Identification (Bacterial and Fungal) 28
Chapter 4 Obtaining a Diagnostic Biopsy 36
Chapter 5 Practical Cytology 43
Chapter 6 Symptom Checker (Lesional and Regional Dermatoses) 59
Chapter 7 Antibiotic Stewardship and Emerging Resistant Bacterial Infections 142
Section 2 Diseases/Disorders 155
Chapter 8 Acne (Canine and Feline) 157
Chapter 9 Anal Furunculosis/Perianal Fistula 161
Chapter 10 Anal Sac Disorders 169
Chapter 11 Atopic Disease 173
Chapter 12 Autoimmune Blistering Diseases 187
Chapter 13 Bacterial Pyoderma 211
Chapter 14 Behavioral or Self-Injurious Dermatoses 227
Chapter 15 Biting and Stinging Insects 239
Chapter 16 Contact Dermatitis 265
Chapter 17 Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reaction, Erythema Multiforme, Stevens–Johnson Syndrome, and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis 272
Chapter 18 Cutaneous Adverse Food Reactions 286
Chapter 19 Demodicosis (Canine and Feline) 296
Chapter 20 Dermatomyositis, Canine Familial 312
Chapter 21 Dermatophytosis 320
Chapter 22 Endocrinopathies, Atypical 337
Chapter 23 Eosinophilic Disease (Granuloma) Complex 351
Chapter 24 Epitheliotropic (Cutaneous) Lymphoma 365
Chapter 25 Histiocytic Proliferative Disorders 380
Chapter 26 Hyperadrenocorticism, Canine 394
Chapter 27 Hyperadrenocorticism, Feline Skin Fragility Syndrome 409
Chapter 28 Hypothyroidism 416
Chapter 29 Keratinization (Cornification) Disorders 430
Chapter 30 Leishmaniasis: Protozoan Dermatitis 458
Chapter 31 Lupus Erythematosus 467
Chapter 32 Malassezia Dermatitis 480
Chapter 33 Mast Cell Tumors 494
Chapter 34 Mycobacterial Infections 510
Chapter 35 Mycoses, Deep 521
Chapter 36 Nocardiosis and Actinomycosis 535
Chapter 37 Otitis Externa,Media, and Interna 541
Chapter 38 Panniculitis 563
Chapter 39 Photodermatoses 574
Chapter 40 Pododermatitis and Claw Disorders 588
Chapter 41 Pre- and Paraneoplastic Syndromes 615
Chapter 42 Sarcoptid Mites 634
Chapter 43 Sebaceous Adenitis, Granulomatous 648
Chapter 44 Sporotrichosis 658
Chapter 45 Superficial Necrolytic Dermatitis 665
Chapter 46 Tumors, Common Skin and Hair Follicle 672
Chapter 47 Uveodermatologic Syndrome 692
Chapter 48 Vasculitis 698
Chapter 49 Viral Dermatoses 711
Chapter 50 Zoonosis 727
Appendix A Canine Genodermatoses 731
Appendix B Drug Formulary 747
Index 821
