Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion is designed in a user-friendly format for easy reference.

Features:

• Full color photographs that support the text in each chapter and brief descriptions of differential diagnosis
• An Exotic Pet Dermatology section that covers common dermatologic disorders of guinea pigs, ferrets, rabbits, hedgehogs, hamsters, and mice
• A compilation of unique dermatoses and an explanation of the appropriate and efficacious use of tropical therapy
• Several topics unique to this handbook including chapters in cutaneous cytology, obtaining a diagnostic dermatopathology specimen and common dermatologic disorders of "pocket pets"
• Client Education Handouts that offer extensive information on a specific disorder and provide additional instructions that pet owners can study at home in a stress-free environment

Contents

Diagnostics

• Practical Cytology
• Dermatohistopathology: Obtaining a Diagnostic Biopsy

Differential Diagnoses Based on Clinical Patterns

• Alopecia, Canine
• Alopecia, Feline
• Erosive and Ulcerative Dermatoses
• Exfoliative Dermatoses
• Papular and Nodular Dermatoses
• Vesicular and Pustular Dermatoses

Differential Diagnoses Based on Regional Lesion(s)

• Pododermatitis
• Nail and Nailbed Disorders
• Interdigital Dermatitis
• Nasal Dermatosis
• Depigmenting Disorders
• Otitis Externa and Media
• Otitis Meda and Interna
• Anal Sac Disorders
• Perianal Fistula
• Canine and Feline Acne
• Acral Lick Dermatitis

Parasitic Dermatoses

• Ticks and Tick Control
• Tick Bite Paralysis
• Fleas and Flea Control
• Flea Control Products
• Cheyletiellosis
• Sarcoptic Mange
• Demodicosis
• Ear Mites: Otodectes
• Amitraz Toxicity
• Ivermectin Toxicity
• Organophosphate and Carbamate Toxicity
• Pyrethrin and Pyrethroid Toxicity

Allergic and Hypersensitivity Dermatitis

• Pruritus
• Clinical Management of Pruritic Inflammatory Skin Disease
• Hypersensitivity Reaction: Anaphylaxis
• Inhalant/Percutaneous Allergic Dermatitis:Atopy
• Food Reactions: Allergic/Irritant
• Contact Dermatitis
• Eosinophilic Granuloma Complex
• Hypereosiniophilic Syndrome
• Cutaneous Drug Eruption

Infectious Dermatoses

• Sepsis and Bacteremia
• Abscessation
• Bacterial Pyoderma: Folliculitis and Furunculosis
• Anaerobic Bacterial Infections
• Mycobacterial Infections
• Dermatophilosis
• Nocardiosis
• Malassezia Dermatitis: Yeast
• Dermatophytosis: Keratinophilic Mycosis
• Sporotrichosis: Subcutaneous Mycosis
• Cryptococcosis: Systemic Mucosis
• Coccidiodomycosis: Systemic Mycosis
• Blastomycosis: Systemic Mycosis
• Leishmaniasis: Protozoan Dermatosis
• Feline Calcivirus
• Feline Pox Virus Infection
• Canine Papillomatosis

Endocrine Dermatoses

• Hypothyroidism
• Hyperadrenocorticism
• Growth Hormone Dermatoses
• Sex Hormone Dermatoses
• Steroid Hepatopathy
• Feline Skin Fragility Syndrome

Immunologic/Autoimmune Disorders

• Pemphigus
• Bullous Pemphigoid
• Discoid Lupus Erythematosus
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
• Panniculitis
• Vasculitis
• Uveodermatologic Syndrome

Cutaneous Neoplasias

• Epidermotrophic Lymphoma
• Hair Follicle Tumors
• Cutaneous Hemagiosarcoma
• Histiocytoma
• Mast Cell Tumors
• Melanocytic Tumors
• Basal Cell Tumors
• Squamous Cell Carcinoma
• Ceruminous Gland Adenocarcinoma, Ear
• Adenocarcinoma, Skin (Sweat and Sebaceous Glands)
• Feline Paraneoplastic Syndrome

Exotic Pet Dermatology

• Guinea Pig Ectoparasites
• Hedgehog Chorioptes
• Rabbit Urine Scald
• Mice Ectoparasites
• Rabbit Fur Mites
• Guinea Pig Ovarian Cysts
• Hamsters Cushing Disease
• Ferret Adrenal Gland Disease
• Rabbit Dermatophytosis
• Ferret Mast Cell Tumors
• Ferret Sarcoptes
• Rabbits Barbering
• Ferrets Canine Distemper

Selected Topics

• Canine Familial Dermatomysositis
• Canine Keratinization Disorders
• Sterile Nodular/Granulomatous Dermatoses
• Granulomatous Sebaceous Adenitis
• Cutaneous Asthenia
• Feline Symmetric Alopecia
• Hepatocutaneous Syndrome (Epidermal Metabolic Necrosis, Superficial Necrolytic Dermatitis, Necrolytic Migratory Erythema)
• Lymphedema
• Canine Juvenile Cellulitis (Puppy Strangles)
• Histiocytosis
• Immunodeficiency Disorders, Primary
• Shampoo Therapy

Laboratory Test/Interpretation

• ACTH Response Test
• Low-Dose Dexamethasone Suppression Test
• High Dose Dexamethasone Suppression Test
• Urine Cortisol: Creatinine Ratio
• Thyroid Hormones
• Antinuclear Antibody(ANA) Titer/Lupus Erythematosus (LE) Cell Test
• Coombs Test

Index

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