Servet Clinical Guides: Allergies

The book offers a structured approach to diagnosing and treating allergies in companion animals, providing answers to frequently asked questions from pet owners to improve treatment compliance. It utilizes experience-based medicine through detailed case studies, including feline hypersensitivity and refractory atopy. The text also covers common secondary complications such as cutaneous xerosis, allergic pyoderma, and various forms of otitis, while considering the impact of endocrine disorders and advanced age on allergic processes.

Case studies: experience-based medicine; Case study 1: Feline hypersensitivity (History, Patient signalment, Important questions to ask the owner, Analysis of questions, Diagnostic approach, Differential diagnoses, Discussion, Clinical course); Chronic cases: Refractory atopy (Information from the history, Thorough examination); Further information; Most common complications in dogs with allergy (Cutaneous xerosis, Most common types of allergic pyoderma, Otitis, Important points on otitis, Malassezia overgrowth); Most common complications in allergic cats; Endocrine disorders and advanced age as aggravating factors in allergies; Alphabetical index; Bibliography.