There are many reasons why dogs get skin diseases, not only bacterial infections or mosquito bites, but also some nutritional deficiencies and decreased resistance/immunity. If you want to avoid and prevent skin diseases in dogs, you should pay attention to the following points:
1) Healthy and balanced diet-It is suggested that you can choose some natural ingredients or experts to prepare dog food specially for dog skin and hair, so as to provide comprehensive nutrition for dogs and improve their immunity and resistance.
2) Remember to see a doctor when you encounter skin diseases-although there are many causes of skin diseases, the symptoms are generally similar. If the dog is unfortunately suffering from skin diseases, it is best to consult a doctor and not to use drugs indiscriminately.
3) Keep the home environment clean-disinfect and clean the dog's haunts regularly, and remember to clean the residual detergent (because some chemicals in the detergent can cause dog skin allergies).
4) Keep the dog's body dry and clean-every time you take a shower or get wet by rain, you must blow dry your body to prevent the dog's body from getting wet and becoming a hotbed of bacteria.
5) Groom the dog regularly-spring is the season for dogs to change their hair, so that the fallen hair won't stay on their bodies. After each comb, the hair is more ventilated and dry, reducing the growth of bacteria.
6) Improve the dog's self-defense system-for example, putting a lice repellent belt on the dog or properly using lice repellent and parasite drugs can help the dog avoid the nuisance of lice and parasites, thus reducing the chance of getting skin diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The following are some common skin diseases:
1) Fungal dermatosis: Fungal dermatosis refers to some dermatoses caused by fungi parasitic on the hair, epidermis and toes of dogs. Dogs are infected with fungal skin diseases, which will initially start from the face, ears, limbs and toes and gradually spread to other parts of the body. Symptoms: Fungal dermatosis with alopecia and hair follicle death. With the deepening of the disease, the wound will ooze, the affected area will be itchy, scales or scabs will appear on the epidermis, pus will appear under the scab skin due to infection or small pustules will appear on the skin.
2) Eczema: Eczema is an inflammatory reaction of dog dander. If the dog's wound is inflamed, it will feel abnormal itching, and then scratch the affected part of the skin with its claws, which will aggravate the damage and infection of dandruff and form a vicious circle. Symptoms: the affected area of eczema will turn red in the early stage. Then in severe cases, there will be sticky secretions, and then there will be pustule water oozing from the dander. If you don't pay attention, the dog's dander will turn yellow and harden, and skin necrosis will occur, which will endanger the dog's life.
3) Scabies (skin scabies): Scabies is a kind of dog skin disease that can be transmitted through contact and cross infection, and the transmission rate is quite high.
There are two kinds of scabies:
1. Sarcoma is caused by a species called bigfoot. It should be noted that this kind of scabies can be transmitted from dogs to people. Although it will not parasitize and reproduce in the human body, it will also make people feel itchy and uncomfortable, so dog owners must pay more attention! Symptoms: Therefore, the disease will be severely itchy, and the dog will keep scratching the affected area, hoping to stop itching. At first, it only appeared around the dog's ears, eyes, mouth and nose. But this scabies will spread all the way to the neck and back, and in severe cases, it will cover the whole body and make the hair fall off. (SARCOPIC) The main reason is that [bigfoot] pierces the epidermis to lay eggs and then hatches the adults. This can cause itching, redness and inflammation of the dog's skin.
2, scabies (scabies), most of which are parasitic in hair follicles, generally dogs will have a small amount of parasitism, which rarely causes too much trouble. However, when dogs are affected by environment, diseases and drugs, their body resistance is weak and their immunity decreases (especially puppies and old dogs), they will gradually spread into skin diseases. Symptoms: at first, a small part of the hair around the eyes will fall off, and then it will slowly spread to other parts of the body. However, the symptoms of scabies are very obvious, so dog owners can often find the disease in the early stage and receive treatment.
Note: When the above two kinds of scabies are serious, there will be lumps and sometimes scales. More seriously, it will ooze liquid and smell, mostly a burst of rancid smell, so the impact of this disease on dogs and dog owners can never be ignored. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. Exotic insects: lice, ticks and fleas. Ticks, ticks and fleas are parasitic in vitro, which are the main source of infection of dog skin diseases and even the transmission route of blood parasites. Sometimes too many ectoparasites can also lead to anemia in puppies. However, it is difficult to avoid ectoparasites in dogs. Going out for a walk and playing on the grass with other cats and dogs may be infected. Check more when you get along with dogs on weekdays. Once there are signs of serious scratching, insect prevention measures should be taken immediately. Ways to remove parasites: remove lice and fleas from dogs: wear a flea collar containing pesticides and comb the hair with a dense tooth flea comb (short-haired dog) (fleas may get stuck in the teeth when combing the dog's fur with a dense tooth comb). Don't crush it at this time, but stick it on tape or put it in water with detergent to kill it. If the flea is trampled to death, the eggs in the flea will fly out and may be licked into the body by the dog), sprinkle flea powder, and take a bath with flea-killing drugs after bathing (in order to keep the dog's body clean, shampoo and nursing liquid specially used to kill fleas are used to deal with fleas that cannot be removed with a comb. When washing, it gets wet little by little from the beginning, leaving fleas with no way out. There are several special flea-removing products on the market, each of which has its own characteristics. Please follow the instructions or doctor's instructions when using, so as to avoid danger.
Thoroughly disinfect the kennel and the dog's living environment: the ground, corners and corners around the kennel may be hiding places for lice and fleas; The edges of wooden floors, carpets and blanket salons should be carefully cleaned. If it is not disinfected at the same time, it is difficult to put an end to future troubles. Pay special attention to children, dogs, cats, fish tanks and food when spraying flea medicine. In addition, if you often use a vacuum cleaner to clean the environment on weekdays, you can also reduce the possibility of lice. However, it is necessary to clean up immediately after smoking, tie up the bag of vacuum cleaner and discard it immediately, which can greatly reduce the chance of fleas growing into adults in the house at the non-adult stage. Cloth pads and towels used by puppies should also be thoroughly cleaned, disinfected, exposed or thrown away, so as not to become comfortable nests for lice.
Note: Avoid taking parasites home: Sometimes these ectoparasites will attach to our pants, shoes and socks and take them home, so be especially careful when contacting stray dogs, cats or taking out garbage outside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second, mites. Many friends have been worried that pets will suffer from skin diseases due to mites. In fact, mites are not terrible, and 70% people will have mites to some extent. And mites are only an inducement to cause lesions when skin resistance is poor, and most people have no symptoms. But dogs are particularly sensitive to mites, so they are more likely to cause skin diseases due to mites.
(1) Prevention and health care: ① Traditional Chinese medicine-rhubarb gallnut lotion can be used for external washing and soaking at ordinary times. The main ingredients are Fructus Cnidii, Galla Chinensis, Fructus Kochiae, and Radix et Rhizoma Rhei (very cheap, no side effects); ② Western medicines-sulfur powder, sulfur soap, and metronidazole are washed and soaked (cheaper, but sulfur powder can inhibit the normal secretion of sebum, making the skin dry and dull, so it is not suitable for regular use). In fact, most professional products on the market have similar ingredients.
(2) treatment:
(1) dimethyl emulsion-originally developed for pigs and cattle, but it can also be used for cats and dogs. This medicine has an unpleasant smell and some side effects, and it is in danger of poisoning if used improperly. It's also very cheap.
(2) Coal tar-using coal tar is a very effective indigenous method. You can buy a coal tar lotion called Zeta in major pharmacies, which was originally used to treat seborrheic dermatitis (more effective than any shampoo on the scalp).
(3) injection:
If the condition is serious, patients with wound injury and infection should choose injection treatment. Now veterinarians generally use ivermectin or doramectin, both of which are similar drugs, but the latter is a new generation. Ivermectin is injected every three days and Doramycin is injected once a week. Their side effect is that they have the opportunity to affect the quality of fertility, and it is best to give birth once every six months after injection. If mixed infection, you can inject, take orally and apply antibiotics. One thing to be reminded is that many veterinarians still use a drug called "lincomycin" (cheap) when using antibiotics. Lincomycin is almost eliminated, so it is better to choose a new generation of clindamycin.
Those who have had mites said. So easy to cure? Whether it can be cured after continuous treatment for half a year is still a question. It is important to add that sulfur ointment is poisonous, so don't apply it where dogs can lick it. Apply sulfur ointment to the back where the hair is removed, and use some special ointment for pets where it can lick the stomach. If you accidentally eat it in your stomach, it's not a big problem and it's easy to volatilize, so don't let the dog lick it when drying. )