Skin diseases of the cat / Sue Paterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paterson, Sue.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cats--Diseases.

Cats.

Cats--Diseases--Treatment.

Veterinary dermatology.

Physical Description:

270 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Malden, MA Blackwell Science, [publisher not identified], 2000.

Summary:

Normally, veterinary students and practitioners will find only scattered information about feline skin diseases. However, Skin Diseases of the Cat offers consolidated information in this quick, practical reference.

With an emphasis on diagnosis and management, the book offers the best diagnostic approaches and techniques for most veterinary practice environments.

Descriptions of common and rare diseases and conditions are supplemented by 200 color photographs, as well as diagrams to aid parasite identification. Topics included are bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic, congenital and hereditary, environmental and nutritional skin diseases, and much more.

Contents:

2 Bacterial Skin Diseases 21

3 Investigation and Management of Dermatophytosis 43

4 Other Fungal Skin Diseases 55

5 Parasitic Skin Diseases 69

6 Viral, Rickettsial and Protozoal Diseases 100

7 Immunological Skin Diseases 114

8 Endocrine and Metabolic Skin Diseases 142

9 Alopecia 159

10 Congenital and Hereditary Diseases 171

11 Diseases Causing Abnormal Pigmentation 181

12 Keratinisation Disorders 188

13 Psychogenic Dermatoses 194

14 Environmental Skin Diseases 200

15 Nutritional Skin Diseases 210

16 Miscellaneous Skin Diseases 218

17 Eosinophilic Allergic Syndrome 231

18 Neoplastic and Non-neoplastic Tumours 241.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-264) and index.

ISBN:

0632048050

OCLC:

41925893