DERMATOLOGY
Dr. Cannon
Andrea Cannon DVM
DIPLOMATE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF VETERINARY DERMATOLOGY

Dr. Andrea Cannon will be seeing patients at WestVet on:

August 13-15, 2008

October 1-3, 2008

November 24-26, 2008

January 5-7, 2009

February 16-18, 2009

April 6-8, 2009

May 18-20, 2009

June 29-30 & July 1, 2009

please call (208)-375-1600 for an appointment.

A veterinary dermatologist is a licensed veterinarian who has extensive training in the discipline of dermatology and who has been board certified by the American College of Veterinary Dermatology (ACVD).

Veterinary dermatologists diagnose and treat cats and dogs with benign and malignant disorders of the skin, mouth, hair, and nails. These specialists have expertise in a variety of advanced diagnostic testing procedures which may include performing microscopic examinations of skin biopsy specimens, allergy tests, cytological smears, potassium hydroxide preparations, fungal cultures and other microbiological examinations of skin scrapings and secretions. Dermatological treatment methods such as crysosurgery, laser surgery, nail surgery, excisional surgery, biopsy techniques, and externally applied or injected medications may be used to resolve the following ailments:

  • Infectious or Non-Infectious Skin Disease: Yeast or bacterial infections
  • Parasitic Skin Disease: skin mites, demodex mange, and scabies
  • Autoimmune Diseases: Systemic lupus, erythematous, and pemigous
  • Allergy and Allergy-Induced Skin Diseases: Internal malignanacy and hepatocutaneous syndrome