{"title":"Update on the role of genetic factors, environmental factors and allergens in canine atopic dermatitis.","authors":"Patrick Hensel, Manolis Saridomichelakis, Melissa Eisenschenk, Chie Tamamoto-Mochizuki, Cherie Pucheu-Haston, Domenico Santoro","doi":"10.1111/vde.13210","DOIUrl":"10.1111/vde.13210","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Canine atopic dermatitis (cAD) is a common, complex and multifactorial disease involving, among others, genetic predisposition, environmental factors and allergic sensitisation.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This review summarises the current evidence on the role of genetic and environmental factors and allergic sensitisation in the pathogenesis of cAD since the last review by ICADA in 2015.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Online citation databases and proceedings from international meetings on genetic factors, environmental factors and allergens relevant to cAD that had been published between 2015 and 2022 were reviewed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Despite intensive research efforts, the detailed genetic background predisposing to cAD and the effect of a wide range of environmental factors still need more clarification. Genome-wide association studies and investigations on genetic biomarkers, such as microRNAs, have provided some new information. Environmental factors appear to play a major role. Lifestyle, especially during puppyhood, appears to have an important impact on the developing immune system. Factors such as growing up in a rural environment, large size of family, contact with other animals, and a nonprocessed meat-based diet may reduce the risk for subsequent development of cAD. It appears that Toxocara canis infection may have a protective effect against Dermatophagoides farinae-induced cAD. House dust mites (D. farinae and D. pteronyssinus) remain the most common allergen group to which atopic dogs react. Currently, the major allergens related to D. farinae in dogs include Der f 2, Der f 15, Der f 18 and Zen 1.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and clinical relevance: </strong>Canine atopic dermatitis remains a complex, genetically heterogeneous disease that is influenced by multiple environmental factors. Further, well-designed studies are necessary to shed more light on the role of genetics, environmental factors and major allergens in the pathogenesis of cAD.</p>","PeriodicalId":23599,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary dermatology","volume":" ","pages":"15-24"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41239081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jeffrey Tinsley, Craig Griffin, Galia Sheinberg, Joya Griffin, Emily Cross, Jason Gagné, Anahi Romero
{"title":"An open-label clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of an elemental diet for the diagnosis of adverse food reactions in dogs.","authors":"Jeffrey Tinsley, Craig Griffin, Galia Sheinberg, Joya Griffin, Emily Cross, Jason Gagné, Anahi Romero","doi":"10.1111/vde.13198","DOIUrl":"10.1111/vde.13198","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The diagnosis of cutaneous adverse food reactions (CAFR) in dogs is dependent on a diet trial and provocative challenge.</p><p><strong>Hypothesis/objectives: </strong>To evaluate the efficacy of an elemental diet for the diagnosis of CAFR in dogs.</p><p><strong>Animals: </strong>Sixty-two client-owned nonseasonally pruritic dogs.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A prospective, uncontrolled, observational elimination diet trial study. Dogs were fed a commercially available elemental canine diet (Pro Plan Veterinary Diets EL Elemental Canine Formula, Nestlé Purina PetCare Company) for up to eight weeks. Pruritus was assessed using a validated Visual Analog Scale (PVAS), lesions with the Canine Atopic Dermatitis and Severity Index, 4th iteration (CADESI-04) and gastrointestinal (GI) signs with a client questionnaire. All dogs were challenged with their previous diet for up to 14 days. Treats were added from Day (D)7 to D14.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Forty-five dogs completed the study. Eighteen (40%) of these were diagnosed with CAFR and 27 (60%) were diet-nonresponsive (NR). Dogs with CAFR flared on provocative challenges within 14 days. The smallest volume of previous diet that induced a CAFR flare was one teaspoon in two dogs (11.1%). The mean number of days leading to a provocation of clinical signs was 4.88 days. Gastrointestinal signs improved in both groups. Eight of the dogs with CAFR (44.4%) were subsequently maintained on the elemental diet alone.</p><p><strong>Conclusion and clinical relevance: </strong>Pro Plan Veterinary Diets EL Elemental Canine Formula is efficacious for the diagnosis of canine CAFR. One teaspoon of the offending diet may induce clinical signs in some dogs with CAFR.</p>","PeriodicalId":23599,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary dermatology","volume":" ","pages":"40-50"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10178201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Letícia Talita Baretta, Victor do Espírito Santo Cunha, Cristiane Deon Figueiredo, Daniel Guimarães Gerardi
{"title":"A randomised, double-blinded trial to assess the effect of oclacitinib and prednisolone on intradermal allergen and prick tests in dogs with atopic dermatitis.","authors":"Letícia Talita Baretta, Victor do Espírito Santo Cunha, Cristiane Deon Figueiredo, Daniel Guimarães Gerardi","doi":"10.1111/vde.13209","DOIUrl":"10.1111/vde.13209","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Intradermal (IDT) and prick (PT) tests are used to select allergens for allergen-specific immunotherapy in dogs with atopic dermatitis (cAD). However, the use of antipruritic drugs before performing these tests may influence the results.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the influence of the drugs oclacitinib and prednisolone on the immediate-phase reactions of IDT and PT.</p><p><strong>Animals: </strong>Thirty client-owned dogs with cAD with positive reactions to at least one allergen extract on IDT or PT.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Dogs were randomly assigned to receive oclacitinib 0.4-0.58 mg/kg per os, every 12 h (n = 14), or prednisolone 0.37-0.65 mg/kg p.o., every 12 h (n = 16) for 14 days. IDT and PT were performed on Day (D)0 before treatment and on D14.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At D14 there was no significant reduction in the means of the orthogonal diameters of the positive immediate-phase reactions of the IDT (p = 0.064) in the oclacitinib group; however, in the PT, the diameter of the positive reactions reduced significantly (p = 0.048). In both tests, there was no significant reduction in the total number of positive reactions (IDT, p > 0.999; PT, p = 0.735). In the prednisolone group, the means of the orthogonal diameters of positive immediate-phase reactions were significantly reduced in both tests (IDT, p = 0.001; PT, p ≤ 0.001) and there also was a reduction in the total number of positive reactions (IDT, p = 0.022; PT, p = 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions and clinical relevance: </strong>The use of oclacitinib 0.4-0.58 mg/kg twice daily for 14 days does not interfere with IDT results in dogs with cAD. However, oclacitinib may reduce PT reactivity. The use of prednisolone 0.37-0.65 mg/kg twice daily results in a reduction in both IDT and PT results.</p>","PeriodicalId":23599,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary dermatology","volume":" ","pages":"71-80"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41171569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chie Tamamoto-Mochizuki, Domenico Santoro, Manolis N Saridomikelakis, Melissa N C Eisenschenk, Patrick Hensel, Cherie Pucheu-Haston
{"title":"Update on the role of cytokines and chemokines in canine atopic dermatitis.","authors":"Chie Tamamoto-Mochizuki, Domenico Santoro, Manolis N Saridomikelakis, Melissa N C Eisenschenk, Patrick Hensel, Cherie Pucheu-Haston","doi":"10.1111/vde.13192","DOIUrl":"10.1111/vde.13192","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cytokines and chemokines play central roles in the pathogenesis of canine atopic dermatitis (cAD). Numerous studies have been published and provide new insights into their roles in cAD.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To summarise the research updates on the role of cytokines and chemokines in the pathogenesis of cAD since the last review by the International Committee on Allergic Diseases of Animals in 2015.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Online citation databases, abstracts and proceedings from international meetings on cytokines and chemokines relevant to cAD that had been published between 2015 and 2022 were reviewed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Advances in technologies have allowed the simultaneous analysis of a broader range of cytokines and chemokines, which revealed an upregulation of a multipolar immunological axis (Th1, Th2, Th17 and Th22) in cAD. Most studies focused on specific cytokines, which were proposed as potential novel biomarkers and/or therapeutic targets for cAD, such as interleukin-31. Most other cytokines and chemokines had inconsistent results, perhaps as a consequence of their varied involvement in the pathogenesis of different endotypes of cAD.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and clinical relevance: </strong>Inconsistent results for many cytokines and chemokines illustrate the difficulty of studying the complex cytokine and chemokine networks in cAD, and highlight the need for more comprehensive and structured studies in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":23599,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary dermatology","volume":" ","pages":"25-39"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9872783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Beatriz Fernandes, Afonso Cavaco, Marta Pinto, Ana Filipa Bizarro, Hugo Pereira, Ana Mafalda Lourenço
{"title":"Are images worth a thousand words? A preliminary study testing a video for owner education in canine atopic dermatitis.","authors":"Beatriz Fernandes, Afonso Cavaco, Marta Pinto, Ana Filipa Bizarro, Hugo Pereira, Ana Mafalda Lourenço","doi":"10.1111/vde.13200","DOIUrl":"10.1111/vde.13200","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Successful management of canine atopic dermatitis (cAD) is challenging and effective pet owner education is crucial to successful outcomes. However, there are limited proven educational strategies in this area. Our goal was to create an effective and engaging educational tool for owners of dogs with cAD.</p><p><strong>Hypothesis: </strong>Video-based education efficacy would be comparable to traditional verbal delivery. Secondary objectives included assessing client perception of the intervention, and determining if there were clinical benefits for the dogs and improved client adherence to treatment.</p><p><strong>Subjects: </strong>Twenty-nine dogs with cAD and their owners were recruited from a teaching hospital of a European veterinary medicine faculty.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>In this 8 week, prospective, randomised controlled study, clients in the control group (CG, n = 13) received verbal education and those in the intervention group (IG, n = 16) watched a video. Client knowledge was assessed at Day (D)0 and D56. Treatment adherence and perceived utility and appeal ratings were measured at D56. Clinical progress was assessed at D0 and D56 using CADESI-04 and PVAS10.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The differences found in the means of cAD knowledge score, clinical outcomes, utility and appeal ratings and owners' adherence score between groups were not statistically significant. A significant association between the outcome and the intervention group concerning education success [CG, six of 13 (46.15%); IG, 15 of 16 (93.75%)] was found (p = 0.01).</p><p><strong>Conclusions and clinical relevance: </strong>Video-based instructions positively impacted owners' education and demonstrated their potential as a valuable tool. The authors believe that video-based education could be a time-efficient alternative for initial cAD education in veterinary clinics.</p>","PeriodicalId":23599,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary dermatology","volume":" ","pages":"51-61"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10169469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah Taylor Lewis, Robert Allen Kennis, Stuart Charles Clark-Price, Amelia Grant White
{"title":"Influence of a single oral dose of trazodone on intradermal histamine reactivity in clinically healthy dogs.","authors":"Sarah Taylor Lewis, Robert Allen Kennis, Stuart Charles Clark-Price, Amelia Grant White","doi":"10.1111/vde.13204","DOIUrl":"10.1111/vde.13204","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Drug interactions are significant considerations for intradermal testing (IDT). Trazodone (TRZ) is an anxiolytic and selective histaminergic (H<sub>1</sub> ) antagonist with no interaction in human prick tests; however, interaction in canine IDT is unknown.</p><p><strong>Hypothesis/objectives: </strong>Trazodone will not adversely affect intradermal histamine reactions in dogs.</p><p><strong>Animals: </strong>Fourteen nonanxious, nonatopic, healthy client-owned dogs were enrolled in this randomised, blinded, cross-over study.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Dogs were randomised to receive low-dose TRZ (4 mg/kg) (Teva Pharmaceuticals), high-dose TRZ (8 mg/kg) or no TRZ per os two hours before intravenous sedation with dexmedetomidine (5 mcg/kg) (Dexdomitor; Zoetis). Intradermal testing was performed with five quadrupling dilutions of histamine (1:100,000 to 1:25,600,000 w/v; Greer) and 0.9% saline (Hospira), observing a minimum two weeks washout period between treatments. Two observers, who were blinded to treatment and the identity of the injections, evaluated each test using previously established subjective and objective methods.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean wheal diameter of histamine 1:1,600,000 w/v was significantly smaller with low-dose TRZ (4 mg/kg) compared to the control group (p = 0.048; repeated measures ANOVA with post hoc Tukey's test). For all other histamine dilutions and saline, mean wheal diameter was not significantly different among groups. There were no significant differences in the subjective scores of all histamine dilutions and saline (p > 0.05; Friedman test).</p><p><strong>Conclusion and clinical relevance: </strong>A single oral dose of TRZ does not adversely affect intradermal histamine reactions in dogs.</p>","PeriodicalId":23599,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary dermatology","volume":" ","pages":"62-70"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10225209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Update on the skin barrier, cutaneous microbiome and host defence peptides in canine atopic dermatitis.","authors":"Domenico Santoro, Manolis Saridomichelakis, Melissa Eisenschenk, Chie Tamamoto-Mochizuki, Patrick Hensel, Cherie Pucheu-Haston","doi":"10.1111/vde.13215","DOIUrl":"10.1111/vde.13215","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Canine atopic dermatitis (AD) is a complex inflammatory skin disease associated with cutaneous microbiome, immunological and skin barrier alterations. This review summarises the current evidence on skin barrier defects and on cutaneous microbiome dysfunction in canine AD.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To this aim, online citation databases, abstracts and proceedings from international meetings on skin barrier and cutaneous microbiome published between 2015 and 2023 were reviewed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Since the last update on the pathogenesis of canine AD, published by the International Committee on Allergic Diseases of Animals in 2015, 49 articles have been published on skin barrier function, cutaneous/aural innate immunity and the cutaneous/aural microbiome in atopic dogs. Skin barrier dysfunction and cutaneous microbial dysbiosis are essential players in the pathogenesis of canine AD. It is still unclear if such alterations are primary or secondary to cutaneous inflammation, although some evidence supports their primary involvement in the pathogenesis of canine AD.</p><p><strong>Conclusion and clinical relevance: </strong>Although many studies have been published since 2015, the understanding of the cutaneous host-microbe interaction is still unclear, as is the role that cutaneous dysbiosis plays in the development and/or worsening of canine AD. More studies are needed aiming to design new therapeutic approaches to restore the skin barrier, to increase and optimise the cutaneous natural defences, and to rebalance the cutaneous microbiome.</p>","PeriodicalId":23599,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary dermatology","volume":" ","pages":"5-14"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138291932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Abstracts of the scientific communications presented at the 34th European Veterinary Dermatology Congress Organized by ESVD-ECVD, Gothenburg, Sweden, 31 August-2 September 2023.","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/vde.13222","DOIUrl":"10.1111/vde.13222","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23599,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary dermatology","volume":" ","pages":"92-120"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138810533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Melissa C. Eisenschenk, Patrick Hensel, Manolis N. Saridomichelakis, Chie Tamamoto-Mochizuki, Cherie M. Pucheu-Haston, Domenico Santoro
{"title":"Introduction to the ICADA 2023 canine atopic dermatitis pathogenesis review articles and updated definition","authors":"Melissa C. Eisenschenk, Patrick Hensel, Manolis N. Saridomichelakis, Chie Tamamoto-Mochizuki, Cherie M. Pucheu-Haston, Domenico Santoro","doi":"10.1111/vde.13183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/vde.13183","url":null,"abstract":"<h2> CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT</h2>\u0000<p>No conflicts of interest have been declared.</p>","PeriodicalId":23599,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary dermatology","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138628538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Delphine Rigaut, Philippe Briantais, Pierre Jasmin, Alice Bidaud
{"title":"Efficacy and safety of a hydrocortisone aceponate-containing ear spray solution in dogs with erythemato-ceruminous otitis externa: A randomised, multicentric, single-blinded, controlled trial","authors":"Delphine Rigaut, Philippe Briantais, Pierre Jasmin, Alice Bidaud","doi":"10.1111/vde.13224","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/vde.13224","url":null,"abstract":"Erythemato-ceruminous otitis externa (ECOE) is frequently seen in dogs affected with an allergic skin disease, with recurrent secondary bacteria and yeast overgrowths (detected on cytological examination).","PeriodicalId":23599,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary dermatology","volume":"286 1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138628256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}