文档介绍：ADVANCES IN THE DIAGNOSIS
AND TREATMENT OF ASOPY
Edniuiid J. Rosser, Jr., DVM
Atnpy iii tlie ciog caii be ciefiried as an inheriled predisposilic>~ito
tlie devtilor>riieiitof a type 1 hyperseiisitivitv redction (~i5iiallyirivolving
IgB) !o vdiioiis e- ~roalle~g~n~Tliese deioallcrgens are
essentially liainiless in [he nonallergic dog and iiiclude iiuiiieroiis pol-
lens, rnold spores, and uidoor aeioallergens (especially liouse diist
mites). 'l'hese-aeroallergeiis can gain acces; to tlie-irnni~i~iesystern \Tia
sergeral routes, iiicluding inlialation, percutaneous absorption, an~iinges-
LiOii.
Atopy is~second most coiniiion allerriic skin ~1%-
edSe Of do . 20. 26 In eiiviroiimenls ttiere are iio fleas, a!-i~
tii be tlie rnon aTlergicskiii-iiugg-'O 2W~icetliis
on develops, d~gsteiid to cliiiically expres$&aseori
an i~iierniiitentor constaiit basis for the reniaiiider of tlieir lives. 'rliere-
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fore, when a diagnosis of atopy is establislied in a given palieiit, tlie
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clinician iieeds to niake a coiiimitmenl to [he treatmeiil aiici ~ii~iiiageinent
of this disease for tlie rest of tlie d»gls lile. For these reasoiis, atopy is
considered to be oiie of tlie niost friistratiiig aiid ctironic skin ~liseases
erico~irilerediii veterinary prdctice. Iii sup$rt of this, atopy is oiie of
tlie inost coininc)ii s