Muller and Kirk's Small Animal Dermatology

William H. Miller, Craig E. Griffin, Karen L. Campbell

• Publisher: Saunders
• Year: 2012
• Edition: 7
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323241939
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Veterinary Medicine

Covering the diagnosis and treatment of hundreds of dermatologic conditions, Muller and Kirk's Small Animal Dermatology, 7th Edition is today's leading reference on dermatology for dogs, cats, and pocket pets. Topics include clinical signs, etiology, and pathogenesis of dermatologic conditions including fungal, parasitic, metabolic, nutritional, environmental, and psychogenic. This edition includes full updates of all 21 chapters, and more than 1, 300 full-color clinical, microscopic, and histopathologic images. Written by veterinary experts William Miller, Craig Griffin, and Karen Campbell, this resource helps students and clinicians distinguish clinical characteristics and variations of normal and abnormal facilitating accurate diagnosis and effective therapy.- Over 1, 300 high-quality color images clearly depict the clinical features of hundreds of dermatologic disorders, helping to ensure accurate diagnoses and facilitating effective treatment.- Comprehensive coverage includes environmental, nutritional, behavioral, hereditary, and immune-mediated diseases and disorders.- Well-organized, thoroughly referenced format makes it easy to access information on skin diseases in dogs, cats, and exotic pets.- UPDATES of all 21 chapters include the most current dermatologic information.- NEW editors and contributors add new insight and a fresh perspective to this edition.

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contributors
• Preface
• 1 Structure and Function of the Skin
• 2 Diagnostic Methods
• 3 Dermatologic Therapy
• 4 Bacterial Skin Diseases
• 5 Fungal and Algal Skin Diseases
• 6 Parasitic Skin Disease
• 7 Viral, Rickettsial, and Protozoal Skin Diseases
• 8 Hypersensitivity Disorders
• 9 Autoimmune and Immune-Mediated Dermatoses
• 10 Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases
• 11 Miscellaneous Alopecias
• 12 Congenital and Hereditary Defects
• 13 Pigmentary Abnormalities
• 14 Keratinization Defects
• 15 Psychogenic Skin Diseases
• 16 Environmental Skin Diseases
• 17 Nutrition and Skin Disease
• 18 Miscellaneous Skin Diseases
• 19 Diseases of Eyelids, Claws, Anal Sacs, and Ears
• 20 Neoplastic and Non-Neoplastic Tumors
• 21 Dermatoses of Exotic Small Mammals
• Index