DESCRIPTION:
The current state of knowledge on this increasingly important subject is beautifully described in this, the first truly comprehensive text of allergic diseases affecting the major veterinary species. It will be an invaluable guide to students, clinicians and researchers alike. From the Foreword by Professor Richard Halliwell, MS, PhD, VetMB, MRCVS, Dip ACVD.
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.
CONTENTS:
Introduction: the immunological basis of allergic diseases
Part 1 - Canine Allergy
Section 1 - Canine Atopic Dermatitis
1. Introduction: canine atopic dermatitis as an evolving, multifactorial disease
2. Canine immunoglobulin E
3. The aberrant immune system in atopic dermatitis
4. Allergens and environmental influence
5. The genetics of canine atopic dermatitis
6. Skin barrier and its role in the pathophysiology of atopic dermatitis
7. The role of bacterial agents in the pathogenesis of canine atopic dermatitis
8. The role of fungal agents in atopic dermatitis
9. Clinical signs of canine atopic dermatitis
10. Diagnosis of canine atopic dermatitis
11. Allergen avoidance
12. Allergen-specific immunotherapy
13. Guidelines for symptomatic medical treatment of canine atopic dermatitis
14. Non-conventional treatments
Section 2 - Food Hypersensitivity
15. The pathogenesis of food allergy
16. Cutaneous manifestations of food hypersensitivity
17. Adverse reactions to food: a gastroenterologist""s perspective
18. Diagnostic workup of food hypersensitivity
19. Long-term management of food hypersensitivity in the dog
Section 3 - Flea Bite Allergy
20. Flea biology and ecology
21. The pathogenesis of flea bite allergy in dogs
22. Clinical signs of flea allergy dermatitis in dogs
23. Diagnostic investigation of canine flea bite allergy
24. Implementing an effective flea control programme
25. Symptomatic relief for canine flea bite hypersensitivity
Section 4 - Complicating Infections in Allergic Dogs
26. Complicating microbial skin infections in allergic dogs
27. Otitis in the allergic dog
Section 5 - Other Allergic Diseases in Dogs
28. Contact allergy
29. Venomous insect hypersensitivity
30. Canine urticaria and angioedema
Part 2 - Feline Allergy
Section 1 - Cutaneous Allergy in Cats
31. Pathogenesis_immunopathogenesis
32. Clinical presentations and specificity of feline manifestations of cutaneous allergies
33. Complications of cutaneous skin allergies (skin infections)
34. Diagnostic investigation of the allergic feline
35. Symptomatic treatments
36. Allergen-specific immunotherapy
Section 2 - Feline Asthma
37. Feline asthma
Section 3 - Flea Bite Allergy
38. Pathogenesis
39. Clinical presentations
40. Diagnostic workup
41. Therapy
Section 4 - Mosquito Bite Allergy
42. Mosquito bite
Part 3 - Equine Allergy
Section 1 - Culicoides Hypersensitivity and Other Insect Allergies
43. Pathogenesis and epidemiology of Culicoides hypersensitivity
44. Equine immunoglobulin E
45. Clinical manifestations of Culicoides hypersensitivity
46. Culicoides hypersensitivity: diagnosis
47. Culicoides hypersensitivity: therapy
48. Other biting insect allergies
Section 2 - Atopic Disease in Horses_Atopic Dermatitis and Food Hypersensitivity
49. Equine atopic dermatitis: pathogenesis
50. Clinical aspects of equine atopic disease
51. Equine urticaria
52. Equine headshaking syndrome
53. Diagnostic workup of equine atopic disease
54. Equine atopic disease symptomatic therapy and allergen-specific immunotherapy
Section 3 - Recurrent Airway Obstruction and Inflammatory Airway Disease
55. Recurrent airway obstruction and inflammatory airway disease
Section 4 - Contact and Other Allergic Diseases
56. Equine allergic contact dermatitis
Part 4 - Allergy in Other Domestic Species
57. Immunopathogenesis of allergic skin disease in livestock
58. Psoroptes ovis
59. Allergic diseases of livestock species
60. Allergies in birds
61. Allergic diseases in other pets (rodents, rabbits, and ferrets)
