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October 2026
- September 01 - 2023
- Case of the Month
Figure 1. Full body. Case history and Signalment A 19-year-old Arabian gelding from Iowa presented to the ISU Equine Clinic with a progressive hair loss over the last couple of weeks. Physical examination showed moth-eaten alopecia with mild scaling and hyperpigmentation all
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- October 16 - 2023
- Monika Welle
Dear Colleagues, As some of you might know, I have collected more than 1500 skin slides over the last 25 years, and I would like to make them available to interested veterinary pathologists and veterinary dermatologists, as well as to residents
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Figure 1. Full body.
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Case history and Signalment A 19-year-old Arabian gelding from Iowa presented to the ISU Equine Clinic with a progressive hair loss over the last couple of weeks. Physical examination showed moth-eaten alopecia with mild scaling and hyperpigmentation all over the body involving the nostrils, periocular, neck, thorax, and appendages. These areas of patchy alopecia range from 0.5-2.5 cm in diameter. The animal showed significant pruritus throughout the examination. Three punch biopsies were taken from the left neck.
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Figure 2: Right side of the neck.
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Figure 3: Left side of the face.
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Figure 4: Histopathology. 4X.
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Figure 5: Histopathology. 10X.
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Figure 6: Histopathology. 20X.
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2025 ISVD Executive Board
Dr. Med Vet, DECVD, MRCVS, RCVS, Assistant Professor Medicine & Epidemiology Department, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, USA
DVM, PhD, DECVP, Department of Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, USA
DVM, ECVP, Veterinary Medicine Department, Universita Degli Studi di Perugia, Italy
William Craft DVM, Dipl ACVP, University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, USA
DVM, MS, DACVP, Innovative Vet Path, Leawood, USA
DVM, MS, PhD, DECVD, DACVD, DACVM, University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, USA
DVM, DACVP, Animal Dermatology Group, Inc, Las Vegas, NV, USA
University of California, Davis
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