Equine dermatology
The department of Large Animal
- pruritus
- abnormalities in the skin (Fig. 1)
- subcutaneous bumps, nodules (hard, soft, acute, chronic lesions) (Fig. 2)
- hair loss (Fig. 3)
- loss of pigmentation
- painful lesions
- redness (Fig. 4)
- wounds
- pastern dermatitis
- tumours
- chronic skin problems
Microscopic evaluation of skin scrapings, aspirates for bacterial, fungal or parasitic infections is performed in house. A specialised process must be performed on skin biopsies before evaluation is possible. If there is a suspicion of an allergic reaction, an intradermal allergy test will be performed.
Contact: Da. Laurence Lefère and Dr. S. Vandenabeele