Underlying medical conditions in cats with presumptive psychogenic alopecia

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 228, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1705-1709

  Waisglass, Stephen E ^a,c   Landsberg, Gary M ^a   Yager, Julie A ^b   Hall, Jan A ^c  

^a Dermatology and Behavioural Referral Service of the Doncaster Animal Clinic   (Canada)

^b Yager Best Veterinary Surgical Pathology   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ALOPECIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CAREGIVER; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FUNGUS CULTURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRURITUS; PSYCHOGENIC ALOPECIA; SKIN BIOPSY;

ALOPECIA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GROOMING; MALE; PRURITUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646920048     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.228.11.1705     Document Type: Article

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