18 Neoplastic conditions Equine sarcoid Fibroma and fibrosarcoma Neurofibroma (schwannoma, neurolemmoma, neurinoma, nerve sheath tumour/perineural fibroblastoma) Basal cell carcinoma Mastocytoma (equine cutaneous mastocytosis/mast cell tumour) Haemangioma and haemangiosarcoma Malignant fibrous…
7 Fungal diseases Trichophytosis Microsporosis Malassezia dermatitis Alternariasis Phaeohyphomycosis Mycetoma Sporotrichosis Histoplasmosis (epizootic lymphangitis) Cryptococcosis (European blastomycosis/torulosis) Fungal granuloma/pythiosis (phycomycosis/basidiobolomycosis/bursatti) A considerable range of infectious actinomycetes and fungi are recognized…
6 Bacterial diseases Abscess Cheek abscess Bacterial folliculitis and furunculosis (acne/superficial pyoderma) Bacterial granuloma (botryomycosis/staphylococcal pseudomycetoma/deeppyoderma) Staphylococcal dermatitis Streptococcal dermatitis/folliculitis Pastern folliculitis Ulcerative lymphangitis Dermatophilosis (rain scald/mudfever/rain rot) Glanders (‘farcy’)…
12 Chemical, toxic and physical dermatoses Chemical trauma Skin scalding (diarrhoea/urine or wound exudate) Actinic dermatoses Plant poisoning (leucaenosis/mimosine toxicity) Selenium poisoning (‘bob-tail’ disease) Arsenic poisoning (chronic) Mercury poisoning Ergot…
19 Syndromes in equine dermatology Pruritus (the itchy horse) Alterations in hair quality and quantity (hair follicle disorders and alopecia) Cutaneous nodules (the ‘lumpy’ horse) Scaling and flaking (dry dermatoses/seborrhoea)…
5 Viral diseases Horse pox (vaccinia) Molluscum cotagiosum Vesicular stomatitis (red nose; sore nose) Equine viral arteritis (EVA) Equine viral papular dermatosis (Uasin Gishu disease) Congenital papillomatosis (neonatal wart/epidermal naevus)…
3 Diagnostic/investigative procedures Arthropods that cause equine dermatoses Mites Ticks Files Bitting files Surface-feeding files (‘nuisance files’or ‘sweat files’) Mylasis files Lice Fleas Nematode parasites causing skin disease 58 Samples of…
17 Injuries and diseases of the hoof Genetic defects of the hoof Coronary band (dysplasia) dystrophy Coronitis Wall/toe/quarter/heel/vertical or transverse hoof wall cracks Coronary band injuries (wire andoverreach wounds) Puncture…
4 Principles of dermatological therapeutics Anti-infective pharmaceuticals used in dermatology Principles of antibiotic therapy in skin disease – the use of antimicrobials in wound management and skin disease Antifungal agents…
15 Neurological disorders Psychogenic self-mutilation Neurological self-mutilation and secondary dermatitis Sweating It is easy to forget that the skin is a major sensory organ and that its neurological components are…
