Table of Contents 1
Cover
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Preface to the second edition
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1 The diagnostic approach
TAKING THE HISTORY
CLINICAL EXAMINATION
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
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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
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3 Crusting and Scaling
IDIOPATHIC SEBORRHOEIC CONDITIONS
SECONDARY, ACQUIRED KERATINISATION AND CRUSTING DISORDERS
INFECTIOUS CAUSES
IMMUNE‐MEDIATED CAUSES
ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES
UNCERTAIN AETIOLOGY
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4 Ulcers and Erosions
CONTAGIOUS CAUSES
IMMUNE‐MEDIATED CAUSES
CONGENITAL AND HEREDITARY CAUSES
ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES
NEOPLASTIC CAUSES
MISCELLANEOUS DERMATOSES
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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
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6 Coat Problems
ALOPECIA
OTHER ABNORMALITIES
REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
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7 Pigmentary Disorders
GENETICS OF SKIN AND COAT COLOUR
HYPOPIGMENTATION DISORDERS
HYPERPIGMENTATION
REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
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8 Therapy in Equine Dermatology
AVAILABILITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINES FOR EQUINE PATIENTS
REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
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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
