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Appropriate, annotated advice sheets will be given to clients during consultations to help explain their pet’s condition, and outline diagnostic and treatment plans:

Dogs and Cats
Cutaneous Adverse Food Reactions (food allergies, dietary intolerance)
Immunotherapy (desensitisation vaccinations for allergic pets)
Measures Additional to Immunotherapy

Dogs
Pruritus Scoring in Dogs (assessing and monitoring itchiness)
Canine Skin Allergies (basic guide)
Management of Canine Allergic Skin Disease

Cats:
Feline Skin Allergies (basic guide)
Management of Feline Allergic Skin Disease


 

Canine Canine Hyperadrenocorticism
• Deposition of calcium salts within the skin of this English Bulldog is a telltale sign of a glandular condition called Cushing’s disease (Hyperadrenocorticism)

Erythema Multiforme
• This young black Labrador Retriever was having a adverse cutaneous drug reaction known as Erythema Multiforme

Canine Immune Mediated Thrombocytopenia
• This Maltese terrier was presented with purple discolouration on his rump
• Diascopy proved that he was bleeding into his skin
• Further examination revealed small haemorrhages on his gums and urgent tests confirmed he was suffering from life-threatening bleeding disorder called Immune Mediated Thrombocytopenia