Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion

The editors Alexander H. Werner Resnick, VMD, DACVD, is a veterinary dermatologist in private practice at the Animal Dermatology Center in Studio City and Westlake Village, California, USA.Carine Laporte, VMD, DACVD, is a veterinary dermatologist in private practice in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

• Preface viiiAbout the Companion Website ixChapter 1: Epidermis and Hair Follicle in Clinical Dermatology 1Chapter 2: Dermatologic Evaluation 6Chapter 3: Otoscopic Evaluation 9Chapter 4: Lesion Description and Terminology 19Chapter 5: Dermatologic Diagnostics 32Chapter 6: Diagnostic Culture and Identification (Dermatophyte and Bacterial) 35Chapter 7: Practical Cytology 42Chapter 8: Obtaining a Diagnostic Biopsy Sample 53Chapter 9: Pruritus in Clinical Dermatology 61Chapter 10: Acne, Canine and Feline 65Chapter 11: Actinomycosis 70Chapter 12: Anal Sac Disorders 74Chapter 13: Arthropod Dermatoses - Biting and Stinging 80Chapter 14: Atopic Dermatitis 96Chapter 15: Autoimmune Subepidermal Blistering Diseases 113Chapter 16: Bacterial Skin Infections - Surface and Superficial 123Chapter 17: Bacterial Skin Infections - Deep and Vascular 142Chapter 18: Contact Dermatitis 163Chapter 19: Cutaneous Adverse Food Reactions 170Chapter 20: Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reaction and Eruption 180Chapter 21: Endocrinopathy - Atypical 190Chapter 22: Endocrinopathy - Hyperadrenocorticism, Canine 201Chapter 23: Endocrinopathy - Hyperadrenocorticism/Skin Fragility Syndrome, Feline 214Chapter 24: Endocrinopathy - Hypothyroidism 222Chapter 25: Environmental Dermatoses 234Chapter 26: Eosinophilic Granuloma Complex 254Chapter 27: Erythema Multiforme, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis 265Chapter 28: Follicular Dysplasia 272Chapter 29: Genodermatoses 286Chapter 30: Histiocytic Proliferative Disorders 296Chapter 31: Ischemic Dermatopathy, Dermatomyositis, and Vasculitis 306Chapter 32: Keratinization Disorders 319Chapter 33: Leishmaniosis: Protozoan Dermatitis 335Chapter 34: Lupus Erythematosus 347Chapter 35: Lymphocytic Diseases 355Chapter 36: Mycobacterial/Mycolicibacterial/Mycobacteroidal Infections 365Chapter 37: Mycoses - Superficial: Dermatophytosis 377Chapter 38: Mycoses - Superficial: Malassezia Dermatitis 388Chapter 39: Mycoses - Deep (Systemic) 396Chapter 40: Mycoses - Intermediate (Cutaneous/Subcutaneous) and Pseudomycoses 410Chapter 41: Neoplasia - Common Skin and Hair Follicle Tumors 420Chapter 42: Neoplasia - Mast Cell Tumors 443Chapter 43: Neutrophilic and Eosinophilic Dermatoses, Sterile 455Chapter 44: Nocardiosis 461Chapter 45: Otitis Externa, Media, and Interna 466Chapter 46: Panniculitis 482Chapter 47: Paraneoplastic and Preneoplastic Dermatoses, Canine 489Chapter 48: Paraneoplastic and Preneoplastic Dermatoses, Feline 492Chapter 49: Parasitic Dermatoses - Arachnids, Insects, Helminths, and Protozoa 498Chapter 50: Parasitic Dermatoses - Demodicosis 502Chapter 51: Parasitic Dermatoses - Flea Bite Hypersensitivity and Dermatitis 514Chapter 52: Parasitic Dermatoses - Superficial Mites and Insects 521Chapter 53: Pigmentary Variations and Disorders 533Chapter 54: Pemphigus Complex 546Chapter 55: Perianal Fistulae 559Chapter 56: Pododermatitis and Claw Disorders 564Chapter 57: Psychodermatoses 579Chapter 58: Sebaceous Adenitis 592Chapter 59: Select Sterile Nodular Dermatoses 598Chapter 60: Superficial Necrolytic Dermatitis 617Chapter 61: Uveodermatologic Syndrome 623Chapter 62: Vaccine Reactions 628Chapter 63: Viral Dermatoses 635Chapter 64: Zoonosis 648Index 653