Immunvermittelte Hauterkrankungen beim Pferd

Immune-mediated problems are a relatively unexplored field in equine dermatology. The pathogenesis is often not or only poorly understood, and most of the knowledge of clinical symptoms and therapy is purely empirical. Further, different causes can give similar symptoms, and on the other hand, one cause may cause a variety of different symptoms. This review describes urticaria, erythema multiforme, unilateral papillar dermatosis, atopy, contact hypersensitivity, food allergy, drug allergy, culicoides hypersensitivity, nodular necrobiosis, pemphigus, vasculitis, equine exfoliative eosinophilic dermatitis and sarcoidosis.