The most common form
of allergic skin disease in dogs is caused by allergies to ordinary contaminants in your pet's environment — contaminants that are nearly impossible to eliminate.
A veterinarian with this specialty has typically had significant training and developed plenty of experience in the
management of allergic skin disease and other issues relating to your pet.
Allergic skin disease - Allergic inhalant dermatitis (atopy) is the number one
cause of allergic skin disease followed by flea bite dermatitis, contact allergy and food allergy.
During this two or three year residency program, they received extensive training in the diagnosis and
treatment of allergic skin diseases, ear diseases, skin cancer, infectious skin diseases, endocrinopathies and immune - mediated skin diseases in dogs, cats, pocket pets and large animals.
Widely - published in many veterinary clinical journals and has primary research interests in the following areas:
Immunology of allergic skin diseases; Canine atopic dermatitis; Pathogenesis and novel treatments.
«Previously available treatments have helped with the
management of allergic skin disease in dogs, but an unmet need still exists for a treatment that works rapidly and effectively with minimal short - and long - term side effects,» said Douglas DeBoer, DVM, DACVD, Professor of Dermatology at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, an expert in veterinary dermatology and allergy.
Food sensitivity (often called food allergy) is an uncommon
cause of allergic skin disease, which accounts for a small percentage of the cases seen by dermatologists.
Diagnosis and management
of allergic skin diseases in all species; treatment of external parasitic and bacterial disorders; hair follicle dysplasias of the dog and cat; claw and claw bed diseases; spontaneous and viral - induced skin neoplasia; and inherited disorders of keratinization.
Specifically veterinary dermatologists have significant training and experience in the management
of allergic skin disease.
Our veterinarians have a lot of experience in the diagnosis and management
of allergic skin disease.