Our Services
Pittsburgh Veterinary Dermatology is proud to offer the following dermatological procedures:
Typical cases referred to the dermatology department at Pittsburgh Veterinary Dermatology:
- Intradermal skin testing and Serologic IgE-specific allergy assay
- Hyposensitization vaccine design
- Dermatohistopathology slide reviews (referred to lab)
- Skin biopsy
- In-house cytology (impression smears and fine needle aspirates)
- DTM culture, Woods lamp examinations and trichographic exams
- Ear cleaning and management consulting
- Video Otoscopy
- CO2 Laser
- CT of middle ear - offered in partnership with PetsDx
- Skin scrapings and mite identifications
- Clinical pathology testing
Typical cases referred to the dermatology department at Pittsburgh Veterinary Dermatology:
- Atopy/food hypersensitivity
- Chronic/recurrent pyoderma
- Pododermatitis
- Acral lick furunculosis
- Dermatophytosis
- Superficial and deep mycoses
- Viral/protozoal dermatitis
- Parasitic skin disease
- Demodicosis/sarcoptic mange
- Immune-mediated skin disease (pemphigus, SLE, etc.)
- Endocrine/metabolic skin disease
- Congenital/acquired alopecia
- Dermatomyositis
- Collagen disorders
- Perianal fistulas
- Behavioral dermatitis/psychogenic alopecia
- Pigmentary abnormalities
- Keratinization defects/seborrhea
- Cutaneous drug reactions
- Nutritional dermatitis
- Feline eosinophilic granuloma complex
- Sebaceous adenitis
- Panniculitis
- Claw disease
- Chronic otitis/pseudomonas otitis
- Neoplastic skin disease
