Dermvet Skin and Ear Clinic

Welcome to the Dermvet Skin & Ear Clinic. Treatment of pet skin and ear disease accounts for a large proportion of the work in a typical small animal veterinary practice. The Dermvet Skin & Ear Clinic, run by Leicester Veterinary Surgeon, David Bentley at the Leicester Forest East branch of Bell Brown and Bentley Veterinary Surgeons, has been set up to offer pet owners the chance to see someone who is passionate about Dermatology and who will offer the time needed unravel the complex issues that often have to be considered when dealing with small animal skin and ear disease.

Some cases will need several visits to the clinic before a definitive diagnosis is made, as a list of differential diagnoses has to be worked through, by using a logical and reasoned approach to the use of diagnostic tests such as skin scrapings, cytology, skin biopsy, dietary trials etc. Once a diagnosis has been established we will work with you to decide on the best treatment options for you and your pet. Treatment options will be based on the most current knowledge there is in veterinary dermatology and we will discuss the costs/benefits of the different options with you.

As part of our service in treating dog and cat ear disease , we use a Storz Video Otoscope. By allowing the ear canal to be visualised under high magnification with a very bright light source, this has revolutionised how we treat dog ear problems and the number of cases which have to treated surgically has dropped dramatically – click for further information on ear disease and treatment

A large percentage of the work we do at the clinic is related to allergic skin disease, both atopic dermatitis and food allergy. We are well equiped with allergens for allergy testing.

Click for more information on Intradermal Skin Testing and Serological Allergy Testing.

At the Dermvet Skin and Ear clinic we see both first opinion and second opinion/referral cases. If your pet is suffering with itchy skin, has a rash, has sore discharging ears, hair loss, or any other skin problem that is not currently being treated, call 0116 2388100 Alternatively, email dgb@dermvet.co.uk. If your pet is currently undergoing treatment we have to contact your present veterinary surgeon as a matter of professional courtesy and to obtain a full history.

The surgery is ideally placed close to the motorway network and is only 5 minutes drive from either Junction 21 or 21a of the M1.

Winter Dog Skin Care

You would think that skin problems occur more frequently in the summer, as dogs with atopy may be suffering with the tree, weed and grass pollens and even house dust mites are more common during the humid months of July, August and September. However, there are still problems such as flea allergy dermatitis that can be seen more frequently in the winter, particularly if flea control is not optimal. Here is a video interview with well know vet (and Veterinary Dermatologist) of "Animal Hospital" fame, David Grant, discussing this and other skin problems encountered during the winter. Particularly exciting is the mention of a once a month oral treatment for fleas that kills all fleas within 2 hours. Please ring the surgery for more details

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German Shepherd Dog Pyoderma

This is an example of a deep pyoderma and is a serious skin disease in German Shepherd Dogs. The lesions are not fully evident until a total body clip is performed.

View over rump area showing large ulcerated areas.

Complete resolution after 2.5 months of antibiotics and frequent baths and antibacterial shampoooing. This case needed a complete work up to find an underlying cause. None was found (as is often the case in GSD pyodema), but this case remained in remission for several months before relapse and rapidly responded to further courses of antibiotics.