Table of Contents
1 Cover
4 Preface to the second edition
7 1 The diagnostic approach TAKING THE HISTORY CLINICAL EXAMINATION DIAGNOSTIC TESTS REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
8 2 Pruritus CONTAGIOUS CONDITIONS ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS Free‐living mite infestations HELMINTH INFESTATIONS MICROBIAL INFECTIONS NON‐CONTAGIOUS CONDITIONS Hypersensitivity disorders Immune‐mediated disease Neoplasia Neurogenic pruritus REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
9 3 Crusting and Scaling IDIOPATHIC SEBORRHOEIC CONDITIONS SECONDARY, ACQUIRED KERATINISATION AND CRUSTING DISORDERS INFECTIOUS CAUSES IMMUNE‐MEDIATED CAUSES ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES UNCERTAIN AETIOLOGY REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
10 4 Ulcers and Erosions CONTAGIOUS CAUSES IMMUNE‐MEDIATED CAUSES CONGENITAL AND HEREDITARY CAUSES ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES NEOPLASTIC CAUSES MISCELLANEOUS DERMATOSES REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
11 5 Papules, Nodules, and Masses PHYSICAL CONDITIONS CYSTS VIRAL CONDITIONS BACTERIAL INFECTIONS FUNGAL INFECTIONS PARASITIC CONDITIONS IMMUNE‐MEDIATED CONDITIONS NEOPLASIA MISCELLANEOUS CAUSES REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
12 6 Coat Problems ALOPECIA OTHER ABNORMALITIES REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
13 7 Pigmentary Disorders GENETICS OF SKIN AND COAT COLOUR HYPOPIGMENTATION DISORDERS HYPERPIGMENTATION REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
14 8 Therapy in Equine Dermatology AVAILABILITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINES FOR EQUINE PATIENTS REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
15 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 2Table 2.1 Microbial infections that may feature pruritus
2 Chapter 3Table 3.1 Diseases to be considered as underlying causes of greasy heel syn...
3 Chapter 4Table 4.1 Cutaneous manifestations of adverse drug reactions
4 Chapter 6Table 6.1 Interpretation of plasma ACTH concentrations (Equine Endocrinology...
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 1Figure 1.1 Taking the history. Components and the sequence of the history ta...Figure