For Referring Veterinarians

Feline Rhinotracheitis typically manifests in cats as an upper respiratory disease, usually accompanied by ocular signs and is caused by a herpes virus (Feline herpes virus-1). However, infection can manifest with skin lesions in the absence of respiratory signs and ocular lesions. Skin lesions usually follow the path of the trigeminal nerve on the haired skin of the face and nasal planum. The pinnae, paws, and ventrum may be affected. Lesions appear as erosions, ulcerations…

History: 11-year-old MC Beagle presented for moderate pruritus and new skin lesions on his trunk of 2 months duration. A hair coat color change (greying) was noted over the preceding 12 months. Cephalosporin antibiotics, antimicrobial shampoos, antihistamines, and prednisone had been dispensed without a change in lesion appearance or pruritus. Apoquel (oclacitinib) was trialed and did not reduce pruritus. Lesions continued to evolve from red skin to scale and crust to plaques and nodules. Weight…

Deep bacterial pyoderma is a bacterial infection involving the deep layers of the skin; the dermis and sometimes the subcutaneous tissue.  It usually starts as a superficial infection of the hair follicle (folliculitis) that breaks through the follicular wall into the dermis. The resulting inflammation and infection of the dermis is called furunculosis. When the subcutaneous tissue becomes involved, it is called a panniculitis. Factors that predispose animals to developing deep bacterial pyoderma include…