Sinopsis

This practical text on small animal dermatology provides the knowledge necessary to successfully diagnose and treat the most common skin diseases, which can account for up to 90% of veterinary consultations. This information is presented together with numerous images as well as a large number of diagnostic algorithms, which add to the practical value of the book.

Carmen Lorente Méndez

Carmen Lorente Méndez was awarded her degree (1988) and PhD (2005) in veterinary medicine by the Complutense University of Madrid. She is a European Specialist in Veterinary Dermatology (EBVS®) and a diplomate in dermatology of the European College of Veterinary Dermatology (ECVD).

She began her professional career by founding the Cercedilla veterinary clinic in 1989, where she worked until 2002. In 2000 she moved to Valencia to work as an associate professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the CEU Cardenal Herrera University and the head of the dermatology service of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the CEU Cardenal Herrera University. In 2007 she returned to Madrid and founded the Adervet veterinary dermatology centre, which she continues to manage. From 2007 to 2009, she combined her work in Adervet with her position as head of internal medicine and dermatology at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of Alfonso X el Sabio University. She has worked as a consultant for multiple pharmaceutical laboratories and as a dermatopathologist in several laboratories. She currently combines her clinical practice and her directorship of Adervet with her work as an international dermatology consultant at Laboklin.

She is a full member of the European Society of Veterinary Dermatology (ESVD), a member of the International Society of Veterinary Dermatopathology (ISVD), the European College of Veterinary Dermatology (ECVD), the Madrid Association of Companion Animal Veterinary Medicine (AMVAC), and the Spanish Association of Small Animal Specialists (AVEPA). She is a member of the Scientific Committee of AMVAC and of AVEPA’s specialist dermatology group GEDA).

She has spoken at numerous conferences, courses, seminars, and workshops, and has authored many articles in national and international publications.

Índice

1. Introduction
Dermatology consultation
Seeking quality: the theory of simplicity and excellence
Theory of excellence
The theory of simplicity

2. The search for relevant information
Anamnesis: the patient’s voice
Anamnesis script
Dermatological examination: collecting objective information
Introduction
Lesion type

3. Joining the pieces to solve the diagnostic puzzle
Diagnostic algorithm: differential diagnoses accordingto the dermatological pattern
The difficulty and importance of defining the dermatological pattern
Diagnostic algorithm for the pruritic pattern in dogs
Diagnostic algorithm for the alopecic pattern in dogs
Diagnostic algorithm for the pustular pattern in dogs
Diagnostic algorithm for keratoseborrhoeic disorders in dogs
Diagnostic algorithm for the erosive–ulcerative pattern in dogs
Diagnostic algorithm for the nodular pattern in dogs
Diagnostic algorithm for pigmentary alterations

4. A practical guide to dermatological treatments
Treatment in dermatology
Topical treatment
Treatment of ectoparasitic conditions
Treatment of pruritus
Antibiotic therapy in dermatology

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