Plaques, Nodules and Eosinophilic Granuloma Complex Lesions
Plaques and nodules, including the lesions belonging to the eosinophilic granuloma complex (EGC), are common in cats. Plaques and nodules are caused in most cases by infectious, allergic, metabolic or neoplastic diseases. Clinical presentations of plaques
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Feline Dermatology
Chiara Noli • Silvia Colombo Editors
Feline Dermatology
Editors Chiara Noli Servizi Dermatologici Veterinari Peveragno Italy
Silvia Colombo Servizi Dermatologici Veterinari Legnano Italy
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Foreword for Feline Dermatology
In 1980, Danny Scott (James Law Professor Emeritus, Section of Dermatology at Cornell University, New York, USA) published a monograph in the Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association, entitled Feline dermatology 1900-1978: A Monograph. This was the first comprehensive survey of skin diseases in the domestic cat; there had previously been other small descriptive articles and booklets. This was the first attempt to review all that was known at the time in veterinary science. Since 1980, cats and their skin conditions have always been part of standard textbooks of veterinary dermatology and veterinary science; Danny Scott published several more monographs. In 1999, Merial published a book entitled A Practical Guide to Feline Dermatology, devoted to cats and compiled by a multinational large author group. While cats make popular pets, they have always been challenging to examine, to study, to investigate, and to treat. For example, they don’t readily take to diet trials or accept long courses of oral medications; furthermore, trying to identify clinically significant allergens remains something of a dark art. They have always been remarkably independent creatures, and we never really “own them” as a pet. We remain enthralled with them in par
