This text covers dermatologic disorders affecting cats, dogs and other small animals. The illustrations present each dermatologic disease as will be encountered, and in-office cytologic preparations are presented. The book aims to help readers understand, recognize, diagnoze and treat all skin ailments. Included is information on basic physiology, pathology and therapy of the skin, with accompanying references to facilitate future reference. There is also a subject index at the beginning of each chapter to make topics easy to find quickly. Separate coverage is provided of cat-specific diseases.