Pascoe's Principles and Practice of Equine Dermatology

Description

Building on the success of the Manual of Equine Dermatology by Reginald Pascoe and Derek Knottenbelt, Pascoe’s Principles and Practice of Equine Dermatology 2e is designed as a fully practical, highly illustrated guide to skin diseases in the horse. This new edition emphasizes how to obtain an accurate differential diagnosis and arrive at correct decisions for the appropriate treatment of a condition. The book includes the full range of skin diseases and conditions commonly encountered in equine practice. Rarer disorders and those with a limited geographical distribution are also reviewed, and there are separate chapters on diseases of the hoof, skin wounds, neoplastic diseases and the various dermatologic syndromes that are encountered in the horse..

Professor Knottenbelt’s approach is clear, authoritative and based on many years experience in treating equine dermatological conditions. The book presents over 650 photographs, most of them new and unique to this edition, and the accompanying CD-ROM offers an image library with over 300 extra illustrations.

Key Features

• A practical guide emphasizing how to distinguish conditions of similar appearance but different implication for diagnosis, management, and prognosis.
• A unique ready reckoner (key points chart) is included in each disorder to allow rapid summary information acquisition and use for practitioners and students at all levels.
• Offers expert guidance with algorithms for decision making and treatment choices and considers syndromes as well as the diseases involved in the differential diagnosis and investigation.
• Focuses on commonly encountered skin diseases but includes rarer disorders.
• Covers skin conditions of the horse occurring worldwide.
• An extensive unique section on neoplastic disease is included.
• Includes discussion of hoof disorders and skin wounds.
• Superbly illustrated with over 650 full-colour figures.
• Contains CD-ROM with image library offering over 300 extra illustrations.

New to this Edition

• fully updated through-out
• includes new colour illustrations

Table of Contents

Part I – Principles and Techniques

• Introduction to clinical equine dermatology
• The approach to the equine dermatological case
• Diagnostic/investigative tests
• Principles of dermatological therapeutics

Part II – Syndromes in Equine Dermatology

• Syndromes in equine dermatology

Part III – Disease Profiles

• Section A – Infections Diseases
  • Viral diseases
  • Bacterial diseases
  • Fungal diseases
  • Protozoal diseases
  • Metazoan/ parasitic diseases
• Section B – Noninfectious Diseases
  • Congenital/ developmental diseases
  • Immune-mediated/ allergic diseases
  • Chemical and toxic dermatoses
  • Endorcrine disorders
  • Nutritional disorders
  • Latrogenic and idiopathic disorders
  • Physical and traumatic disorders
  • Injuries and diseases of the hoof
  • Neoplastic onditions

References
Index

Author Information

By Derek C. Knottenbelt, BVM&S, DVM&S, MRCVS