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Veterinary Allergy / Edition 1
- ISBN-10:
- 0470672412
- ISBN-13:
- 9780470672419
- Pub. Date:
- 01/28/2014
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Veterinary Allergy / Edition 1
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Veterinary Allergy is the first comprehensive, high quality reference dealing with all aspects of veterinary allergy in all species and all body systems involved with allergy. Providing solid breadth and excellent depth of coverage, it deals with the immunopathology of the various allergic conditions as well as with clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment of veterinary allergic diseases.
Key features:
- Broad species coverage, organised by sections on dogs, cats, horses, and other domestic species including large animals, birds and small mammals
- Provides details on diseases affecting the skin, respiratory tract and gut
- Contains practical information for clinicians on management of allergic diseases
- Includes fully-referenced high level detail suitable for specialists and researchers
- Focused on evidence-based medicine and science
- The editors have extensive experience and are respected as world-wide experts in the field
- Every chapter is written by an expert in that particular topic
Anyone seeking information and references on any aspect of allergic conditions in any species should find this book helpful. The book will be of interest to clinicians in first opinion practice, specialists in veterinary dermatology, gastroenterology, internal medicine, and immunology as well as specialists-in-training in those fields and veterinary students.
The focus on underlying principles and practical clinical aspects is admirable. Immediately useful for practical utilization by practicing clinicians. Dr. Andrew Mackin BSc BVMS MVS DVSc FACVSc DSAM, Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Professor and Service Chief, Small Animal Internal Medicine, Dr. Hugh G. Ward Endowed Chair of Small Animal Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, USA
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780470672419 |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
Publication date: | 01/28/2014 |
Pages: | 472 |
Product dimensions: | 8.60(w) x 11.00(h) x 1.00(d) |
About the Author
Aiden Foster PhD, DipACVD, MRCVSAiden Foster worked for 20 years dealing with companion animal dermatology cases in referral and first opinion practices. He trained in veterinary dermatology at the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, USA and taught veterinary dermatology at the University of Bristol veterinary school. He has been the editor of the BSAVA Manual of Small Animal Dermatology 2nd edition and was an editor of the proceedings of the 5th World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology published as Advances in Veterinary Dermatology volume 5. He is a past president of the European Society of Veterinary Dermatology and has been editor-in-chief of the Wiley-Blackwell journal Veterinary Dermatology since 2006. He works for the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency which deals with diseases of livestock.
Wayne Rosenkrantz DVM, DipACVDWayne Rosenkrantz graduated from the University of California Davis in 1982. He obtained Diplomate status with the American College of Veterinary Dermatology (ACVD) in 1986. Dr. Rosenkrantz is a co-owner of all of the Animal Dermatology Clinics in the United States, and continues to actively see cases. He is a past-president of the American College of Veterinary Dermatology (ACVD) executive board and has been on past and current organizing committees for the World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology (WCVD) and a current member of the World Association for Veterinary Dermatology (WAVD). He has served on the examination committees for the ACVD as well as the Australian Board examinations. Dr. Rosenkrantz lectures and teaches extensively, and has published numerous articles and book chapters on small animal and equine dermatology. He is very active in clinical drug trials, research studies and consults with several dermatological therapeutic companies. He also received the ACVD Award for Excellence for outstanding contributions in veterinary dermatology in 2007.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments viiiContributors ix
Foreword xiii Richard E.W. Halliwell
Introduction: the immunological basis of allergic diseases xv Michael J. Day
Part 1 – Canine Allergy (Editor: Chiara Noli) 1
Section 1 – Canine Atopic Dermatitis 3
1 Introduction: canine atopic dermatitis as an evolving, multifactorial disease 5 Douglas J. DeBoer
2 Canine immunoglobulin E 8 Bruce Hammerberg
3 The aberrant immune system in atopic dermatitis 16 Rosanna Marsella
4 Allergens and environmental influence 24 Pascal Prélaud
5 The genetics of canine atopic dermatitis 32 Tim Nuttall
6 Skin barrier and its role in the pathophysiology of atopic dermatitis 42 Koji Nishifuji
7 The role of bacterial agents in the pathogenesis of canine atopic dermatitis 51 David H. Lloyd
8 The role of fungal agents in atopic dermatitis 58 Ross Bond 9 Clinical signs of canine atopic dermatitis 65 Claude Favrot
10 Diagnosis of canine atopic dermatitis 70 Craig E. Griffin
11 Allergen avoidance 78 Daniel O. Morris
12 Allergen-specific immunotherapy 85 Ralf S. Mueller
13 Guidelines for symptomatic medical treatment of canine atopic dermatitis 90 Douglas J. DeBoer 14 Non-conventional treatments 96 Ralf S. Mueller
Section 2 – Food Hypersensitivity 101
15 The pathogenesis of food allergy 103 Hilary A. Jackson
16 Cutaneous manifestations of food hypersensitivity 108 Didier N. Carlotti
17 Adverse reactions to food: a gastroenterologist’s perspective 115 Paola Gianella
18 Diagnostic workup of food hypersensitivity 119 Edmund J. Rosser Jr
19 Long-term management of food hypersensitivity in the dog 124 Nick J. Cave
Section 3 – Flea Bite Allergy 133
20 Flea biology and ecology 135 Marie-Christine Cadiergues 21 The pathogenesis of flea bite allergy in dogs 140 Richard E.W. Halliwell
22 Clinical signs of flea allergy dermatitis in dogs 145 Emmanuel Bensignor
23 Diagnostic investigation of canine flea bite allergy 149 Dawn Logas
24 Implementing an effective flea control programme 152 Michael W. Dryden
25 Symptomatic relief for canine flea bite hypersensitivity 158 Dawn Logas
Section 4 – Complicating Infections in Allergic Dogs 161
26 Complicating microbial skin infections in allergic dogs 163 Anette Loeffler
27 Otitis in the allergic dog 175 James O. Noxon
Section 5 – Other Allergic Diseases in Dogs 183
28 Contact allergy 185 Rosanna Marsella 29 Venomous insect hypersensitivity 191 Mona J. Boord
30 Canine urticaria and angioedema 195 Peter Hill
Part 2 – Feline Allergy (Editor: Aiden Foster) 201
Section 1 – Cutaneous Allergy in Cats 203
31 Pathogenesis—immunopathogenesis 205 Petra J. Roosje
32 Clinical presentations and specificity of feline manifestations of cutaneous allergies 211 Claude Favrot 33 Complications of cutaneous skin allergies (skin infections) 217 Laura Ordeix
34 Diagnostic investigation of the allergic feline 223 William E. Oldenhoff and Karen A. Moriello
35 Symptomatic treatments 228 Alison B. Diesel
36 Allergen-specific immunotherapy 234 Alison B. Diesel
Section 2 – Feline Asthma 237
37 Feline asthma 239 Carol R. Reinero
Section 3 – Flea Bite Allergy 247
38 Pathogenesis 249 Ross Bond
39 Clinical presentations 252 Dawn Logas
40 Diagnostic workup 255 Dawn Logas
41 Therapy 259 Marie-Christine Cadiergues
Section 4 – Mosquito Bite Allergy 265
42 Mosquito bite 267 Masahiko Nagata Part 3 – Equine Allergy (Editor: Wayne Rosenkrantz) 271
Section 1 – Culicoides Hypersensitivity and Other Insect Allergies 273
43 Pathogenesis and epidemiology of Culicoides hypersensitivity 275 Bettina Wagner
44 Equine immunoglobulin E 279 Eliane Marti and Eman Hamza 45 Clinical manifestations of Culicoides hypersensitivity 287 Janet D. Littlewood
46 Culicoides hypersensitivity: diagnosis 291 Kerstin Bergvall
47 Culicoides hypersensitivity: therapy 297 Anthony A. Yu
48 Other biting insect allergies 307 Gwendolen Lorch
Section 2 – Atopic Disease in Horses—Atopic Dermatitis and Food Hypersensitivity 327
49 Equine atopic dermatitis: pathogenesis 329 Valerie A. Fadok
50 Clinical aspects of equine atopic disease 334 Wayne Rosenkrantz and Stephen White
51 Equine urticaria 338 Valerie A. Fadok
52 Equine headshaking syndrome 344 Harold C. Schott II and Annette D. Petersen
53 Diagnostic workup of equine atopic disease 353 Wayne Rosenkrantz and Stephen White
54 Equine atopic disease symptomatic therapy and allergen-specific immunotherapy 360 Wayne Rosenkrantz and Stephen White
Section 3 – Recurrent Airway Obstruction and Inflammatory Airway Disease 371
55 Recurrent airway obstruction and inflammatory airway disease 373 Vinzenz Gerber
Section 4 – Contact and Other Allergic Diseases 385
56 Equine allergic contact dermatitis 387 Chris Reeder and Joya Griffin
Part 4 – Allergy in Other Domestic Species (Editor: Aiden Foster) 395
57 Immunopathogenesis of allergic skin disease in livestock 397 Adri van den Broek
58 Psoroptes ovis 402 Adri van den Broek and Stewart T.G. Burgess
59 Allergic diseases of livestock species 411 Aiden P. Foster
60 Allergies in birds 422 Claudia S. Nett-Mettler
61 Allergic diseases in other pets (rodents, rabbits, and ferrets) 428 Ian Sayers
Index 433