Here you can read about the causes, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment and management of these disorders and view images of affected animals. Guidance on diagnostic techniques provides practical help for confident diagnoses and there's also a section with helpful tips and advice about explaining to pet owners.
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The site offers several key features such as the derma-tool. A Vet can use this tool by answering seven questions about their Patient and they will be given a list of the most likely differential diagnoses.
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A simple diagnostic approach leads to faster comfort for pruritic dogs. A Vet can use Favrot Criteria to help identify dogs that may have atopic dermatitis. Firstly they can confirm that history & clinical signs are compatible with atopic dermatitis, then use the site to rule out resembling diseases, so that they can prescribe Atopica with confidence.
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Dr Tim Nuttall of Liverpool University, UK, talks about the challenges of piecing together the evidence to diagnose atopic dermatitis in practice and how to keep up with the latest developments in dermatology. Plus he shares his views on what’s changed in recent years to make diagnosis more simple and long-term treatment more effective.
On the site, Dr Wayne Rosenkrantz also talks you through his approach to simple diagnosis in practice and offers tips and advice on what steps to follow. Vets can download a simple fact sheet to help outline a protocol for simple diagnosis in their practice.
There is a Treatment journal on the site which is a useful monitor for vets to see how a dog is responding to treatment.
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Owners of dogs with atopic dermatitis are asked to register and update an online Treatment Journal. Details of treatment and the dog’s wellbeing are recorded, with an option for owners to upload photographs of their dog’s progress. Access to any Treatment Journal is via a unique pet owner ID. Vets can also set up a Treatment Journal on behalf of a pet owner.
Diagnosis techniques- When you suspect that a dog could be atopic by using the Favrot Diagnosis Criteria and assessing history and clinical signs, you need to rule out resembling diseases.
Simple tests such as cytology and skin scrapes can identify other diseases that could be causing pruritus (e.g. fleas, sarcoptic mange, demodicosis) as well as secondary 'flare' factors that contribute to pruritus in dogs with atopic dermatitis (e.g. pyoderma, Malassezia).
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Vets can use simple step-by-step guides to remind them of the basic procedures as well as provide references for the clinical symptoms to look out for.
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