Main description:

Designed with busy practitioners and students in mind, Small Animal Dermatology: A Color Atlas and Therapeutic Guide provides concise, thorough coverage of over 250 skin diseases affecting small animals. More than 1,000 high-quality images help to ensure accurate diagnoses, with coverage including clinical features, top differentials, treatment, and prognosis for each disorder. In this edition, author Keith A. Hnilica streamlines content for practical, everyday use in the clinic. The differential diagnosis chapter is updated for added clarity and easier use, and for quick access, chapters now list diseases based upon the frequency of their occurrence in the pet population.

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 Alopecias 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. An Overview of Bird and Exotic Animal Skin Diseases 16. Before and After Case Image Atlas Appendices