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Dermatology

Many conditions can be diagnosed with immediate in-house diagnostics, whereas other problems require specialized equipment or reference laboratory testing. Most dermatologic cases can be categorized into infectious, allergic, autoimmune, or hormonal disorders.

Skin Infections

  • Cytology: Microscopy slides

  • Skin scraping: Parasite hunt

  • Trichogram: hair examination

  • Bacterial culture

  • Ringworm culture

  • Customized infection management

 

Allergies

  • Intradermal allergy testing

  • Serologic allergy testing

  • Allergen specific immunotherapy

  • Allergy shots and allergy drops formulation

  • Life-long medical management tools including Atopica, Apoquel, and Cytopoint

 

Canine Immunotherapy Injections video

 

Ear Infections

Canine Ear Cleaning video

 

  • Full thickness skin biopsies

  • Dermato-histopathology: Microscopic exam of biopsy

  • Thoughtful selection of immune-modulatory therapy

  • Close monitoring of internal health

 

  • Routine otoscopy: Ear canal and drum exam

  • Video-otoscopy: Magnified fiberoptic exam under anesthesia

  • Ear canal flushing.

  • Myringotomy: Careful ear drum puncture to sample and flush middle ear cavity

 

Autoimmune

Endocrine

  • Thyroid evaluation

  • ACTH stimulation test

  • Adrenal hormone panels (UTenn)

  • Tailored therapy: thyroid supplementation, trilostane, etc.

 

Please talk to your veterinarian about whether a referral is appropriate for your pet.

 

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