Scaling the Surface: A Practical Approach to Scaling and Crusting Skin Disorders in Dogs and Cats

Scaling and crusting skin lesions are a common and often frustrating finding in both canine and feline patients. These signs can arise from a wide variety of underlying conditions—ranging from infectious to inflammatory to metabolic—and interpreting them accurately is key to successful management.

In this informative webinar, we’ll explore the major diseases that lead to scaling and crusting, and provide a structured, logical approach to diagnosing and working up these complex cases. You’ll learn how to use clues such as lesion location, distribution, breed, age of onset, pruritus, and other clinical signs to narrow down your differentials and guide your diagnostic plan.

We’ll also cover current treatment options tailored to specific causes, helping you manage these patients more effectively and improve outcomes.

Whether you’re tackling stubborn seborrhea or puzzling over parakeratosis, this session will give you the confidence to approach scaling and crusting disorders with clarity and competence.

Ariane Neuber

Dermatology Specialist

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Ariane completed her veterinary medicine degree at the University of Munich and after a spell in small animal practice returned to university to achieve her doctorate. Following an Internship at the Animal Health Trust she moved to Scotland to take up the Senior Clinical Scholarship in Veterinary Dermatology at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies. During her residency she achieved her dermatology certificate in 2002, and after finishing her studies in Edinburgh, she passed the European Diploma of Veterinary Dermatology in summer 2005. She ran a peripatetic dermatology referral service for various multidisciplinary referral centres in the south east (including Davies Veterinary Specialist, Great Western Referrals, Lumbry Park Referrals, Chiltern Referral Services) for over 15 years before returning to her native Germany in 2018. She worked in a dermatology referral practice near Frankfurt before opening her own dermatology practice, Hund Katze Haut, near Bonn in 2020. DrMedVet CertVD DECVD MRCVS EBVS & RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Dermatology