Contents of Today's Veterinary Practice - JAN-FEB 2012

Today's Veterinary Practice provides comprehensive information to keep every small animal practitioner up to date on companion animal medicine and surgery as well as practice building and management.

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CHALLENGES & NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CANINE PYODERMA |
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Acral Lick Dermatitis
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r *OUFSEJHJUBM FSZUIFNB QVTUVMFT CVMMBF OPEVMFT GJTUVMBT BMPQFDJB TXFMMJOH WBSJBCMZ painful and pruritic
r 0GUFO TFFO JO MBSHF TIPSU DPBUFE EPHT r .BZ CF BTTPDJBUFE XJUI SFHJPOBM MZNQIBEFOPQBUIZ BOE PS TXFMMJOH PG BTTPDJBUFE metacarpus or metatarsus
r 0GUFO BTTPDJBUFE XJUI VOEFSMZJOH BUPQJD EFSNBUJUJT GPPE BMMFSHZ FOEPDSJOPQBUIZ demodicosis, etc1,2
r *O TPNF DBTFT JTPMBUFE MFTJPOT BSF BTTPDJBUFE XJUI BCOPSNBM XFJHIU CFBSJOH BOE formation of interdigital cysts, often between P4 and P54
Post-Grooming Furunculosis
r 6TVBMMZ PDDVST XJUIJO UP ) BGUFS HSPPNJOH r "SFBT PG JOUFOTF MPDBMJ[FE FSZUIFNB BOE TXFMMJOH UIBU FWPMWF JOUP QVODUVBUF GPDJ PG erythema, erosion, painful hemorrhagic bullae, and drainage
r -FTJPOT BSF VTVBMMZ PO UIF EPSTBM USVOL BOE PDDVS NPSF DPNNPOMZ JO TIPSU DPBUFE EPHT Affected dogs may be lethargic or febrile.
r S pseudintermedius, Pseudomonas, Proteus, and Escherichia coli have been grown in pure or mixed culture from lesions
r $BVTBM GBDUPST JODMVEF DPOUBNJOBUFE TIBNQPPT PS HSPPNJOH BQQBSBUVT BOE PWFS [FBMPVT scrubbing of short hairs "against the grain"5,6
References
1. Scott DW, Miller WH, Griffin CE. Muller and Kirk's Small Animal Dermatology, 6th ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 2001, pp 291-296. 2. Medleau L, Hnilica KA. Small Animal Dermatology: A Color Atlas and Therapeutic Guide. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 2001. 3. Pin D, Carlotti DN, Jasmin P, et al. Prospective study of bacterial overgrowth syndrome in eight dogs. Vet Rec 2006; 158:437-441. 4. Duclos DD, Hargis AM, Hanley PW. Pathogenesis of canine interdigital palmar and plantar comedones and follicular cysts, and their response to laser surgery. Vet Derm 2008; 19(3):134-141. 5. Gross TL, Ihrke PJ, Walder EJ, Affolter VK. Skin Diseases of the Dog and Cat, Clinical and Histopathologic Diagnosis, 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 2005, pp 427-429.
6. Hillier A, Alcorn JR, Cole LK, et al. Pyoderma due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa in dogs: 15 cases. AAVD/ACVD Meeting Proc, 2003, p 222.
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