Diagnose, treat, and manage equine skin disorders with the most
comprehensive reference available! With 900 full-color photos, Equine
Dermatology covers skin diseases ranging from those that merely annoy
the horse to others that interfere with the horse's ability to function
in riding, working, or show. Thorough coverage includes essential basics
and practical diagnostic methods, therapies, and specific abnormalities
and defects. The book describes the structure and function of the skin,
and discusses disorders including bacterial, fungal, parasitic, viral,
protozoal, allergic, immune-mediated, endocrine, metabolic, and
nutritional diseases. It also covers congenital and hereditary defects,
pigmentation abnormalities, keratinization defects, environmental skin
diseases, and skin tumors. Written by renowned equine dermatologists
Danny Scott and Bill Miller, this all-inclusive resource covers the
latest dermatologic topics and the newest therapies.
- Current, comprehensive coverage includes every known equine
dermatosis.
- An emphasis on differential diagnosis includes key differentials
and breed predilections for each disease, especially helpful when you
have only a specimen and an incomplete history to work with.
- A consistent format makes it easy to locate information on each
skin disorder, including a clinical description, its cause and
pathogenesis, clinical features, clinical management, diagnosis,
treatment, and any zoonotic aspects.
- Expert authors Danny W. Scott, DVM, and William H. Miller, Jr.,
VMD, offer years of knowledge, experience, and their vast image
collections.
- Diagnostic tables in each chapter provide a quick reference for
identifying lesions and disorders.
- An extensive list of references at the end of each chapter
includes recommendations for further reading.
New coverage of dermatologic conditions includes the latest topics
and emerging disorders such as chronic progressive lymphedema,
herpesvirus-2-associated dermatitis, salmonella-associated dermatoses,
and nodular auricular chondropathy.
Updated Diagnostic Methods chapter covers multiple methods of
developing a differential diagnosis list based on breed, lesion type,
patterns, and location.
A focus on common clinical problems highlights the conditions most
likely to be seen in practice.
Almost 1,000 full-color photos of skin disorders make it easy to
distinguish clinical characteristics and variations of normal and
abnormal for accurate diagnosis and therapy.
