Professor Knottenbelt’s approach is clear, authoritative and based on many years experience in treating equine dermatological conditions. The book presents over 650 photographs, most of them new and unique to this edition. The new edition is designed as a fully practical, highly illustrated guide to skin diseases in the horse. It emphasizes how to obtain an accurate differential diagnosis and arrive at correct decisions for the appropriate treatment of a condition. The book includes the full range of skin diseases and conditions commonly encountered in equine practice. Rarer disorders and those with a limited geographical distribution are also reviewed, and there are separate chapters on diseases of the hoof, skin wounds, neoplastic diseases and the various dermatologic syndromes that are encountered in the horse. 504 p.

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• Derek C. Knottenbelt, OBE, BVM&S, DVM&S, Dip ECEIM, MRCVS, Professor in Equine Medicine. University of Liverpool (UK), The Philip Leverhulme Equine Hospital.
  
   
• Publication date (print & electronic format) : 2009-08.