• Alopecia X

    This 7 year old, Crufts Breed Champion, entire male, long-coated Chihuahua has total regional alopecia in the collar area and lateral thorax. This uncommon & poorly understood condition may be responsive to surgical or medical management. A new long-acting…

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  • Paraneoplastic Pemphigus

    Mucocutaneous depigmen-tation & nasal ulceration & crusting in an 8 year old Flat Coated Retriever. Thorough investigations showed an internal malignancy was the underlying cause of this rare variant of the autoimmune skin disease

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  • Nasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

       This 10 year old Domestic short haired cat has an invasive nasal planar cancer confirmed after surgical biopsy and microscopic examination by a dermato-histopathologist. Electrosurgical resection of the nasal planum is already yielding a good cosmetic effect…

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  • Acral Mutilation Syndrome

    This cocker spaniel puppy presented, as an emergency, with severe focal self-trauma of several digits. Despite never having been reported in this breed, this distressing, rare condition was recognised immediately

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