Fungal skin diseases in dogs, also known as ringworm, are found on the epidermis, coat and paws of the dog’s body. When the pathogenic bacteria multiply in the local skin, they cause local inflammation and lesions through mechanical stimulation and metabolites. Fungal skin disease is a typical zoonotic disease, not only affects the dog’s own growth and development, appearance, and even threaten human health. Symptoms of fungal skin disease in dogs, can be found once the boundaries are very clear hair loss round spots, with oozing fluid, and even crusting. The infected areas have scales that appear and are raised in a reddish pattern. If infected with S. cerevisiae, it can also cause nail fungus in dogs, resulting in dry, cracked, brittle and deformed nails. The entire course of an acute infection is usually 2-4 weeks, and if left untreated, it may become chronic, resulting in months or years of persistence. Causes 1. fungal skin disease of dogs and the appearance of climate, age and constitution have a certain relationship, when the weather is hot and humid, the incidence will be very high, and the young period of the dog than adult dogs are more likely to be infected, because then their immunity is extremely weak, resistance is very poor. The dog is more likely to be infected with the disease if it is malnourished or weak than if it is in good health and strong. 2. If high doses of hormones are taken for a long time in the clinic, not only will the dog’s resistance be reduced, but it will also be easy for the dog to be infected with the disease. 3. Ringworm, Auduan’s microsporum and microsporum deformans. Of these, Microsporum canis is the most common. Treatment of fungal skin disease in dogs in five steps: 1. Treatment of the affected area first, the pet owner should clean up the fungal areas once, the hair will be cut off, so that the drug can better penetrate the skin, but also to avoid the spread of the fungus. Then in the smear, smear the scope of the drug can be appropriately expanded, so as to better inhibit the fungus may have spread to other places. 2. bathe in the sunlight many pet owners know that the sun’s ultraviolet rays can effectively kill the mold, but do not let the dog in the sun, a little carelessness, it will lead to heat stroke or sunburn, you can also receive a period of sunlight on the balcony every day. 3. regular Bathing the fungus-infected dog is best long-term use of special towels, baths, or use sulfur soap. Because the fungus is contagious, so be sure to do a good job of disinfection to kill the poison. Prevention In order to reduce the occurrence of fungal skin disease, pet owners can prevent the following aspects: 1. The pet resting den should be well ventilated, dry and clean. In the rainy and humid season, the environment in which the pet lives and the utensils it uses are disinfected regularly. 2. To regularly comb the dog’s coat to ensure the cleanliness and hygiene of the dog’s skin, attention should be paid to checking the coat for ringworm spots and scales. Control the number of times you bathe your pet, 1 time/week in the hot summer and 1 time/10d in the cold winter, use a special shampoo for pets, rinse thoroughly after bathing, and be sure to blow dry the hair. 3. The nutrition of the diet should be balanced, with sufficient protein, supplemented with various vitamins, minerals and certain trace elements to enhance the body’s resistance. 4. The dog should be prevented from spreading from dog to human and from human to dog, and good daily disinfection of human and dog is also an important part of the prevention of this canine disease. 5. Long-term abuse of antibiotics should be avoided, which is very likely to induce fungal infections. After the fungal skin disease is cured, the indicators of the body are basically normal. When the affected dog is again invaded by the same pathogen, the body will produce antibodies against the pathogen, so that the body is temporarily protected from infection, which can last for several months to a year. There are no special preventive measures for this disease, and the occurrence of this disease can be reduced by doing a good job of general vaccination in daily life and by strengthening daily nutrition. Note that fungal skin diseases are a stubborn class of diseases, which many owners often do not realize and consider ineffective after only a few days of treatment. It takes 4-6 weeks to cure, and after the symptoms have improved sufficiently, you need to insist on medication for 2 weeks, and finally use hospital fungal culture to confirm whether it has been completely cured.
