Dermatology

One of the most frustrating and time-consuming problems in everyday veterinary medicine is the presentation of the dog with pruritus.

I often get referrals of patients on immunotherapy that "aren't doing well" or hear from the owner that "those shots never helped so we stopped them."

Malassezia (yeast) dermatitis can result in a primary skin problem or be present secondary to underlying disease.

Malassezia (yeast) dermatitis can result in a primary skin problem or be present secondary to underlying disease. Because its presence can mimic (and complicate) other diseases such as atopy and food allergy, it is important to know how to recognize the organism, and of course, treat for it.

Dr. Alice Jeromin tackles diagnosing and managing genetic skin diseases such as sebaceous adentitis (SA) and canine familial dermatomyositis (DMS).

Dr. Michele Rosenbaum examines the causes of focal, non-pruritic, non-inflammatory alopecia.

Are you able to recognize certain skin disorders right off the bat? Take our quick quiz to see how you do.

I love word derivations. For example, "hepato" means liver and "cutaneous" denotes skin. Quickly tying the two together, one is suspicious of a relationship between the two organs.

Although recognizing a bacterial pyoderma in a canine patient is relatively easy, eradicating the pyoderma can be difficult.

As we all know, dermatology is a very "visual" science. But what you see is only a part of what is actually occurring.