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Canine Generalised Demodicosis secondary to chronic Steroid medication A Jack Russell Terrier, suffering from severe generalised mite infestation, caused by immune suppression from prolonged use of oral steroids. An adult Demodex canis mite found immediately under a microscopic examination of deep skin scrapings in the consultation A much happier patient - 6 months after thorough treatment was started the mange is under control |
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Canine Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita An intact vesicle biopsy specimen taken from an urgently referred, young Great Dane with an acute onset, severe, ulcerative skin disease This is a routinely stained section through the single intact blister on the pinna, indicating the subepidermal blistering disease, providing a provisional histopathology diagnosis within 72 hours of disease onset A spectacular photomicro-graph, taken at North Carolina State University, displaying IgG autoanti-bodies targeting a specific layer of the skin in this very rare blistering disease, This special immunohisto-chemistry test was required for definitive proof of one of the first cases of this disease seen in the UK |
