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Hair Loss Disorders in Domestic Animals

ISBN: 978-0-813-81082-9

July 2009

Wiley-Blackwell

288 pages

Description
Hair Loss Disorders in Domestic Animals is an in-depth reference on the pathomechanisms and clinical approaches of all skin diseases in domestic animals that have hair loss as the predominant clinical feature. It presents both basic and clinically-relevant knowledge on alopecic disease in animals. This text is a one-of-a-kind resource providing cutting-edge coverage of the physiology and pathology of hair follicles. Disease-specific chapters include: a detailed description of the disease entity, etiology, pathogenesis, clinical and histopathological diagnosis and treatment modalities.
About the Author
The Editors:

Lars Mecklenburg, DVM, PhD, Cert. Vet. Pathologist, is an independent consultant in veterinary pathology in Hamburg, Germany.

Monika Linek, DVM, DECVD, is Head of the Dermatology Referral Service at Veterinary Specialists of Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany.

Desmond J. Tobin, PhD, FRCPath, FIBiol, is Professor of Cell Biology at the Centre for Skin Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Bradford in Bradford, West Yorkshire, Great Britain

Features

  • First book on alopecia in veterinary medicine
  • Cutting-edge coverage of physiology and pathology of hair follicles
  • Special coverage on disease classification
  • High-level, in-depth reference on the pathomechanisms and clinical approaches of skin diseases in domestic animals