Hair Loss Disorders in Domestic Animals is an in-depth reference on the pathomechanisms and clinical approaches of all skin diseases in domestic animals that have hair loss as the predominant clinical feature. It presents both basic and clinically-relevant knowledge on alopecic disease in animals. This text is a one-of-a-kind resource providing cutting-edge coverage of the physiology and pathology of hair follicles. Disease-specific chapters include: a detailed description of the disease entity, etiology, pathogenesis, clinical and histopathological diagnosis and treatment modalities.

Hair Loss Disorders in Domestic Animals is an in-depth reference on the pathomechanisms and clinical approaches of all skin diseases in domestic animals that have hair loss as the predominant clinical feature. It presents both basic and clinically-relevant knowledge on alopecic disease in animals. This text is a one-of-a-kind resource providing cutting-edge coverage of the physiology and pathology of hair follicles. Disease-specific chapters include: a detailed description of the disease entity, etiology, pathogenesis, clinical and histopathological diagnosis and treatment modalities.

Foreword vPreface viiContributors ixPart 1 Hair Follicle Biology1.1 Ontogeny of the hair follicle 3Desmond J. Tobin1.2 Anatomy and physiology of the hair follicle 17Desmond J. Tobin1.3 Hair follicles in domesticated mammals with comparison to laboratory animals and humans 43Wilfried MeyerPart 2 How to Approach Alopecic Diseases2.1 Clinical aspects 65Monika Linek2.2 Histopathological aspects 77Lars MecklenburgPart 3 Non-Inflammatory Alopecias3.1 Congenital alopecia 93Lars Mecklenburg3.2 Trichomalacia 115Lars Mecklenburg3.3 Disorders of hair follicle cycling 1193.3.1 Hypothyroidism 119Monika Linek3.3.2 Hyperadrenocorticism 132Rosario Cerundolo3.3.3 Canine hyperestrogenism 142Lars Mecklenburg3.3.4 Canine alopecia X 148Linda Frank3.3.5 Canine recurrent flank alopecia 155Manon Paradis3.3.6 Telogen effluvium 161Rosario Cerundolo3.3.7 Canine postclipping alopecia 163Rosario Cerundolo3.3.8 Canine pattern alopecia 164Manon Paradis3.3.9 Breed-specific canine hair cycle abnormalities 169Rosario Cerundolo, Manon Paradis, and Lars Mecklenburg3.4 Hair follicle dystrophy and atrophy 177Rosario Cerundolo and Lars Mecklenburg3.5 Traumatic alopecia 185Monika Linek3.6 Scarring alopecia 189Lars MecklenburgPart 4 Inflammatory Alopecias4.1 Folliculitis with intraluminal organisms 193Monika Linek4.2 Eosinophilic folliculitis 215Monika Linek4.3 Pustular folliculitis 221Monika Welle4.4 Lymphocytic mural folliculitis 227Monika Welle4.5 Histiocytic or granulomatous mural folliculitis 243Monika Welle and Lars Mecklenburg4.6 Necrotizing mural folliculitis 249Monika Linek and Lars Mecklenburg4.7 Alopecia areata 253Desmond J. Tobin4.8 Sebaceous adenitis 269Monika LinekIndex 273