Cutaneous hyperkeratosis is one of the many clinicopathological manifestations of canine distemper and is characterized by thickening and hardening of the skin, predominantly in nasodigital areas. Although this lesion may rarely affect other regions, this has been poorly characterized. Twelve dogs...

Idiopathic nasodigital hyperkeratosis (INH) is a visually distinctive disorder in dogs with a typical history and that are otherwise healthy. INH was diagnosed in 35 dogs, accounting for 0.4% of the canine dermatology cases and 0.1% of the canine hospital population over an 11-year period. English...

In dogs with symptomatic or asymptomatic leishmaniosis, Leishmania infantum appears to induce a mixed Th1/Th2 immune response that in the sick dog may eventually result in tissue damage via different pathomechanisms, notably granulomatous inflammation (eg, nodular dermatitis, osteomyelitis), immune ...

This article aims at describing selected keratinization disorders and seborrhoeic problems in dogs and cats, namely sebaceous adenitis, seborrheic ear margin dermatitis, stud tail, vitamin A responsive seborrheic dermatosis and nasodigital hyperkeratosis. Diagnosis of these skin diseases is based...

A total of 45 non-uraemic dogs, with clinical signs indicating leishmaniasis, were used in the study. Diagnosis was confirmed by indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) on serum and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on bone marrow samples. The dogs were randomly allocated into Group A (n=37) that...