Congenital and hereditary skin diseases. – Dr. Chiara Noli Congenital and hereditary skin diseases usually occur in young animals and usually are not curable. They can involve the epidermis, the dermis and/or the adnexa with breed predisposition typical for each disease. Some may even not be compatible with life or with a good quality of […]
Otitis externa in dogs and cats. – Dr. Manolis Saridomichelakis Otitis externa is one of the most common reasons for consultation in small animal clinical practice. Otitis is not a disease but a syndrome with multiple causes that are classified into predisposing, primary, secondary and perpetuating. These causes are frequently combined with each other and […]
Fungal skin diseases. – Dr. Chiara Noli There are several fungal diseases, the most common ones are caused by dermatophytes usually growing on hair or skin keratin. Other less common usually saprophytic fungi can grow in the subcutis, particularly in inmmumocompromised animals, while others cause systemic infections. Many of these fungal agents are zoonotic and […]
Otitis externa and media in dogs and cats. – Dr. Manolis Saridomichelakis Otitis media is one of the perpetuating factors of otitis externa and is especially common in chronic and relapsing cases. Furthermore, there are some less common cases of otitis media that may not be accompanied by otitis externa, such as primary otitis media […]