The veterinary dermatology literature grows every month by several dozen articles, published in journals around the world. Keeping up with all of them takes time that consultations rarely allow, and a title or an abstract is not enough to judge whether a study should change practice. DermaVet is therefore opening a new section, the DermaVet Journal Club, in the Bibliography tab.
Each month, it brings together the publications on canine and feline dermatology, sorts them by topic and analyses them for practitioners: what they bring to diagnosis and treatment, and their limitations. The first issue, covering the publications of September 2026, is now online. It brings together 35 publications, sorted into seven categories, from canine atopic dermatitis to skin oncology.
The principle: reading for practitioners
A journal club is a session in which a team presents and discusses recent publications. The DermaVet Journal Club follows the same approach: each article is read, placed in context and judged for what it brings to the consultation. The selection starts from the publications indexed in PubMed during the month. It includes all those that concern canine and feline skin, including through microbiology, parasitology, oncology or endocrinology. None is left out, but their treatment is graded: a controlled trial receives a full paragraph, an isolated case a few sentences.
What each issue contains
Each issue opens with a summary of the month by topic: what changes in treatment, then in diagnosis, then the other developments useful in practice. The articles are then sorted into broad categories, for example atopic dermatitis, infections, parasitic diseases or skin oncology.
For each publication, the analysis gives the study design, the number of animals, the numerical results and what they change in practice. It also points out the main limitation, whether a retrospective study, a trial without a control group or a small sample, because a study cannot be read without its conditions. The full reference of each article appears just below the paragraph that analyses it, with a direct link to the publication. The complete bibliography closes the issue.
Journal Club and News: two complementary uses
The News page in the Bibliography tab lists the articles published worldwide during the month. The DermaVet Journal Club extends it: it does not merely list the publications, it reads them and keeps what is useful to practitioners. The News page therefore serves to find an article, and the Journal Club to know what it brings.
The first issue: September 2026
The September 2026 issue focuses mainly on canine atopic dermatitis, with the revised ICADA guidelines and two trials on Janus kinase inhibitors. It also covers feline parasitic diseases, skin infections and their emerging agents, and the diagnosis of mast cell tumours. The following issues will appear every month and will all remain available from the section page.
