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.
The focus on underlying principles and practical clinical aspects is admirable. Immediately useful for practical utilization by practicing clinicians. Dr. Andrew Mackin BSc BVMS MVS DVSc FACVSc DSAM, Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Professor and Service Chief, Small Animal Internal Medicine, Dr. Hugh G. Ward Endowed Chair of Small Animal Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, USA
Acknowledgments Contributors Foreword Richard E.W. Halliwell
Introduction: the immunological basis of allergic diseases Michael J. Day
Part 1 -- Canine Allergy (Editor: Chiara Noli) Section 1 -- Canine Atopic
Dermatitis 1 Introduction: canine atopic dermatitis as an evolving,
multifactorial disease Douglas J. DeBoer 2 Canine immunoglobulin E Bruce
Hammerberg 3 The aberrant immune system in atopic dermatitis Rosanna
Marsella 4 Allergens and environmental influence Pascal Prelaud 5 The
genetics of canine atopic dermatitis Tim Nuttall 6 Skin barrier and its
role in the pathophysiology of atopic dermatitis Koji Nishifuji 7 The role
of bacterial agents in the pathogenesis of canine atopic dermatitis David H.
Lloyd 8 The role of fungal agents in atopic dermatitis Ross Bond 9
Clinical signs of canine atopic dermatitis Claude Favrot 10 Diagnosis of
canine atopic dermatitis Craig E. Griffin 11 Allergen avoidance Daniel O.
Morris 12 Allergen-specific immunotherapy Ralf S. Mueller 13 Guidelines
for symptomatic medical treatment of canine atopic dermatitis Douglas J.
DeBoer 14 Non-conventional treatments Ralf S. Mueller Section 2 -- Food
Hypersensitivity 15 The pathogenesis of food allergy Hilary A. Jackson 16
Cutaneous manifestations of food hypersensitivity Didier N. Carlotti 17
Adverse reactions to food: a gastroenterologist's perspective Paola Gianella
18 Diagnostic workup of food hypersensitivity Edmund J. Rosser Jr 19
Long-term management of food hypersensitivity in the dog Nick J. Cave
Section 3 -- Flea Bite Allergy 20 Flea biology and ecology Marie-Christine
Cadiergues 21 The pathogenesis of flea bite allergy in dogs Richard E.W.
Halliwell 22 Clinical signs of flea allergy dermatitis in dogs Emmanuel
Bensignor 23 Diagnostic investigation of canine flea bite allergy Dawn
Logas 24 Implementing an effective flea control programme Michael W.
Dryden 25 Symptomatic relief for canine flea bite hypersensitivity Dawn
Logas Section 4 -- Complicating Infections in Allergic Dogs 26 Complicating
microbial skin infections in allergic dogs Anette Loeffler 27 Otitis in
the allergic dog James O. Noxon Section 5 -- Other Allergic Diseases in
Dogs 28 Contact allergy Rosanna Marsella 29 Venomous insect
hypersensitivity Mona J. Boord 30 Canine urticaria and angioedema Peter
Hill Part 2 -- Feline Allergy (Editor: Aiden Foster) Section 1 --
Cutaneous Allergy in Cats 31 Pathogenesis--immunopathogenesis Petra J.
Roosje 32 Clinical presentations and specificity of feline manifestations
of cutaneous allergies Claude Favrot 33 Complications of cutaneous skin
allergies (skin infections) Laura Ordeix 34 Diagnostic investigation of
the allergic feline William E. Oldenhoff and Karen A. Moriello 35
Symptomatic treatments Alison B. Diesel 36 Allergen-specific immunotherapy
Alison B. Diesel Section 2 -- Feline Asthma 37 Feline asthma Carol R.
Reinero Section 3 -- Flea Bite Allergy 38 Pathogenesis Ross Bond 39
Clinical presentations Dawn Logas 40 Diagnostic workup Dawn Logas 41
Therapy Marie-Christine Cadiergues Section 4 -- Mosquito Bite Allergy 42
Mosquito bite Masahiko Nagata Part 3 -- Equine Allergy (Editor: Wayne
Rosenkrantz) Section 1 -- Culicoides Hypersensitivity and Other Insect
Allergies 43 Pathogenesis and epidemiology of Culicoides hypersensitivity
Bettina Wagner 44 Equine immunoglobulin E Eliane Marti and Eman Hamza 45
Clinical manifestations of Culicoides hypersensitivity Janet D. Littlewood
46 Culicoides hypersensitivity: diagnosis Kerstin Bergvall 47 Culicoides
hypersensitivity: therapy Anthony A. Yu 48 Other biting insect allergies
Wendy Lorch Section 2 -- Atopic Disease in Horses--Atopic Dermatitis and
Food Hypersensitivity 49 Equine atopic dermatitis: pathogenesis Valerie A.
Fadok 50 Clinical aspects of equine atopic disease Wayne Rosenkrantz and
Stephen White 51 Equine urticaria Valerie A. Fadok 52 Equine headshaking
syndrome Harold C. Schott II and Annette D. Petersen 53 Diagnostic workup
of equine atopic disease Wayne Rosenkrantz and Stephen White 54 Equine
atopic disease symptomatic therapy and allergen-specific immunotherapy Wayne
Rosenkrantz and Stephen White Section 3 -- Recurrent Airway Obstruction and
Inflammatory Airway Disease 55 Recurrent airway obstruction and inflammatory
airway disease Vinzenz Gerber Section 4 -- Contact and Other Allergic
Diseases 56 Equine allergic contact dermatitis Chris Reeder and Joya Griffin
Part 4 -- Allergy in Other Domestic Species (Editor: Aiden Foster) 57
Immunopathogenesis of allergic skin disease in livestock Adri van den Broek
58 Psoroptes ovis Adri van den Broek and Stewart T.G. Burgess 59 Allergic
diseases of livestock species Aiden P. Foster 60 Allergies in birds
Claudia S. Nett-Mettler 61 Allergic diseases in other pets (rodents,
rabbits, and ferrets) Ian Sayers Index
Chiara Noli, DVM, DipECVD Dr. Chiara Noli graduated in veterinary medicine from the University of Milan, Italy, in 1990. After a residency at the University of Utrecht, Holland, she obtained the European Diploma in Veterinary Dermatology in 1996. Since then she works as referral dermatologist and dermatopathologist in Northen Italy. Dr. Noli is Past President and Founder Member of the Italian Society of Veterinary Dermatology, Past President of the European Society of Veterinary Dermatology and has been Board Member of the International Society of Veterinary Dermatopathology and of the World Association for Veterinary Dermatology. Dr. Noli lectures extensively in national and international meetings, is author of more than 100 articles in Italian and international journals, of nine book chapters and of three veterinary dermatology textbooks. Aiden Foster PhD, DipACVD, MRCVS Aiden Foster worked for 20 years dealing with companion animal dermatology cases in referral and first opinion practices. He trained in veterinary dermatology at the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, USA and taught veterinary dermatology at the University of Bristol veterinary school. He has been the editor of the BSAVA Manual of Small Animal Dermatology 2 nd edition and was an editor of the proceedings of the 5 th World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology published as Advances in Veterinary Dermatology volume 5 . He is a past president of the European Society of Veterinary Dermatology and has been editor-in-chief of the Wiley-Blackwell journal Veterinary Dermatology since 2006. He works for the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency which deals with diseases of livestock. Wayne Rosenkrantz DVM, DipACVD Wayne Rosenkrantz graduated from the University of California Davis in 1982. He obtained Diplomate status with the American College of Veterinary Dermatology (ACVD) in 1986. Dr. Rosenkrantz is a co-owner of all of the Animal Dermatology Clinics in the United States, and continues to actively see cases. He is a past-president of the American College of Veterinary Dermatology (ACVD) executive board and has been on past and current organizing committees for the World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology (WCVD) and a current member of the World Association for Veterinary Dermatology (WAVD). He has served on the examination committees for the ACVD as well as the Australian Board examinations. Dr. Rosenkrantz lectures and teaches extensively, and has published numerous articles and book chapters on small animal and equine dermatology. He is very active in clinical drug trials, research studies and consults with several dermatological therapeutic companies. He also received the ACVD Award for Excellence for outstanding contributions in veterinary dermatology in 2007.
