Update on Dermatophytosis in small animals
Course Description
Unleash the secrets of Dermatophytosis in companion animals – a fungal skin disease with zoonotic potential. Explore its clinical signs, contagious nature, and recommended treatment to safeguard both pets and their human counterparts. Order now for crucial insights and effective measures against this pervasive condition!
Course Content
- Introduction
- Pathogenesis
- Clinical signs of dermatophytosis
- Practical aspect of diagnostic testing
- Topical antifungal therapy
- Systemic antifungal therapy
- Environmental decontamination
Course Content
Patrick Hensel
⦁ Patrick Hensel is a 1996 graduate of the University of Bern, Switzerland. He received his Dr med vet from the University of Zurich, Switzerland in 2000 in recognition of research on urinary incontinence after spaying. Then he completed a one-year rotating small animal internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital Zürich followed by a 3-year veterinary dermatology residency at the University of Georgia.
⦁ From 2004 he was appointed faculty at the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia, and tenured to Associate Professor in 2010, where he served as the senior faculty in teaching, clinical research and clinical service until 2014.
⦁ Patrick has a special interest in allergic and parasitic skin diseases and is a member of the International Committee on Allergic Diseases of Animals (ICADA). In 2014 he decided to return to Switzerland and to open a dermatology clinic in his hometown area of Basel.