The Derm Vet Podcast
Tune in to make veterinary dermatology more fun than frustrating! This podcast features Dr. Ashley Bourgeois, DVM, Dip ACVD sharing practical tips on dermatologic workups you can bring to clinical practice right away. Also, stories about navigating the messy (yet beautiful) journey of being a vet mom while building a career you love.
The Derm Vet Podcast
6. Why your allergic patients should start immunotherapy
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Ashley Bourgeois, DVM, Dip ACVD
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Season 1
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Episode 6
If you have a perfectly controlled allergic patient on medications, why bother to refer them for allergy testing and immunotherapy? There are so many tools we have to provide a good quality of life for our allergic pets. However, allergies are a chronic disease process and we want to make sure to offer the best, safest long term options. This episode will go over the basic philosophies of immunotherapy and why you should refer to your local dermatologist for environmental allergy testing.