NON-INFLAMMATORY CANINE SKIN DISEASE

Why is it that inflammatory disease gets all the attention! Inflammation is always a reaction to something else. Its not fair.

This is an attempt to categorise non-inflammatory skin disease into groups on a logical and pathogenetic scheme, just a pattern analysis of inflammatory skin disease does with dermatitis.

Connective tissue matrix disorders

Epidermal hyperplastic disorders

Follicular disorders including failure of hair follicle cycle

Keratinisation disorders

Physicochemical Injury including necrosis

Pigmentary disorders