Clinical Atlas of Canine and Feline Dermatology presents more than a thousand high-quality colour photographs depicting common dermatologic diseases and conditions, making it easy for clinicians to quickly evaluate and accurately identify clinical dermatologic lesions. Easy-to-use charts of...

The differential diagnosis and clinical approach in congenital alopecia, hair abnormalities, hypotrichosis, sebaceous gland dysplasia, alopecia due to self-trauma, spontaneous alopecia, and alopecia due to various causes such as overdose in glucocorticoids, neoplasms, and immunodeficiency in cats...

Background: Reports of dermal sclerosis in dogs include scleroderma or morphea of unknown cause, cicatricial alopecia and congenital/hereditary fibrosis. Clinical Summary: A 12-year-old, male castrated chihuahua-mix dog was evaluated for skin lesions of unknown duration. The dog had severe ...

Canine demodicosis is a dermatopathy caused by normal inhabitants of the skin flora of dogs, such as mites (Demodex spp.), being determined by the exponential increase compared to the normal number of mites. Overpopulation of mites may be related to the development of mild to severe dermatitis or...

Ureteral ectopia is a congenital abnormality of the genito-urinary tract disorder characterized by the insertion of the ureter in the urinary bladder, the most common cause of urinary incontinence in young dogs, occurring predominantly in female animals. Anatomically it is classified as intramural...

Background: Alopecia X is a common cause of noninflammatory alopecia in Pomeranian dogs. In the past, treatment with growth hormone injections resulted in hair regrowth in many individuals. Progesterone can induce mammary-derived growth hormone and is used to treat dogs with congenital growth...

A 3-year-old neutered male mongrel dog in Brazil was brought to the veterinarian with a history of being overweight without polyphagia, associated with discrete alopecia, poor quality skin and hair coat, lethargy and evident exercise intolerance [date not given]. Physical examination revealed a...

In dog clinical patterns characterized by generalized bilaterally symmetrical alopecia are described. Even if it is not yet proved the direct association with alterations in sex hormones (in excess or deficiency) the name given in these cases is alopecia X. While it has been proven a correlation...

Peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernia (PPDH) is a rare condition that is caused by defective diaphragm and pericardium development. It occurs in dogs and cats and is most prevalent in Weimaraner and Persian breeds. This study presents the first report of a congenital peritoneopericardial...