How can a veterinary dermatologist help your pet?
For your convenience, Dr Meng is now at Vetwest Whitfords every month. We can perform numerous diagnostics and procedures including:
- Intradermal and blood allergy testing to identify offending airborne allergens including grass, weed and tree pollens, moulds, insects, house dust and storage mites: this would allow us to formulate an allergy vaccine for your pet. Note - currently neither skin nor blood testing for food allergens are accurate and therefore not recommended.
- Discussion on the management of the chronically itchy pet using the various anti-itch medications available.
- Skin scrapes to diagnose parasitic diseases and the formulation of an appropriate treatment plan.
- Skin and ear cytology to check accurately for secondary bacterial and/or yeast infections.
- Skin biopsies may be required to confirm a diagnosis for more unusual diseases or complicated skin and ear diseases, including autoimmune diseases and skin tumours. Knowledge on where to biopsy is essential to ensure the best outcome of tests to achieve a definitive diagnosis for you.
- If required, we can schedule for deep ear flushing using the video-otoscopy at WAVES. This is helpful in the treatment of pets with chronic ear infections, ear masses/polyps and pets with neurological diseases due to inner ear disease including vestibular disease (head tilt) and Horner’s disease. Using the video-otoscope, we are able to thoroughly exam and clean the ear canals and perform advanced diagnostics such as removal of polyps and masses, and sample middle ears.
- Advice on the management of the pet with chronic sunburn and on prevention of further development of skin tumours.
Many skin problems can be managed by your regular Vetwest vet, however, in some cases, referral to a Specialist Dermatologist is needed for advanced procedures or treatment.
A referral from your regular Vetwest vet is required for specialist services such as to a dermatologist like Meng. If you’d like to make an appointment with your Vetwest vet or discuss getting a referral please contact your local Vetwest clinic or make an appointment online.
For more information on Dr Meng, please refer to www.wavets.com.au/departments/dermatology/
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