Fungal skin disease is caused by fungal infection and is a common skin disease in dogs. Please do more daily observations to avoid being confused when the dog gets sick. So what are the symptoms of a dog suffering from fungal skin disease and how to treat it?
1. The causes of canine fungal skin diseases:
1. The occurrence of skin mycosis in dogs is related to climate, age and physique, such as hot and humid climates, and young animals are susceptible to malnutrition and weak bodies.
2. In clinical practice, long-term use of large doses of zygote causes dogs to decrease their resistance, and they are also prone to infection with this disease.
3. Pathogen According to clinical statistics, 5 types of molds can cause skin mycotic diseases in dogs, namely: Microspora canis, Microspora gypsum-like, Trichophytonus, Microspora Oduane and Microspora deformed. Among them, Microspora canis is the most common, followed by Microspora gypsum-like, and Trichophytonus and Microspora Oduan. Microspora deformity is found in only a few countries such as Australia, and has a low incidence.
2. Clinical symptoms of canine fungal skin disease:
1. Microspora canine:
scattered all over the world, and more than 70% of the cases of canine tinea are caused by it, and many animals and people can be infected. The main lesions are small round-like crusts (金金) on the surface of the skin. This focal crusted skin lesions can appear in any part of the dog, but the ears, face, neck and tail are the most common. This lesions, which are mainly skin scabs, are often not accompanied by hair loss. When there are not many lesions, especially in long-haired dogs, they are often not discovered. Microspora canis mainly causes tinea capitis in humans.
2. Gypsoma microsporus:
lives in soils around the world and can cause skin mycotic diseases in many animals and humans such as canines. This disease is onset and has serious damage. The site of its occurrence is similar to that of microsporus. Except for round tinea dysfunction, it sometimes causes large-area skin lesions. The lesion is covered with hair, dandruff and scabs appear, and when bacterial infection occurs, exudative suppuration occurs locally. It can last for months or even years after turning to chronic.
3. Microspora Auduane and Trichophytonus:
These two bacteria cause canine skin mycotic diseases. These two types of molds can also infect people. The former mainly causes tinea capitis in children, and the latter is the main pathogen of tinea foot in the United States. Dogs are usually infected by contact with patients.
3. Treatment methods for fungal skin diseases in dogs
1. After the dog is bathed, it is necessary to dry the dog's hair
Many shovelers will bathe the dog at home, but they do not dry the dog's hair in time after washing. Or dogs who do not completely dry their hair because they are unprofessional and need to pay special attention to double-layer hair, it is easy to ignore the underlying hair, which will create a living space for fungi.
For dogs with beards and long hair, it is easy to wet their hair when eating and drinking water, so the owner needs to wait until the dog finishes the meal and drinks water to wipe its face to keep the hair dry and tidy.
2. Medicinal bath.
First rinse the dog with a cleaning shower gel, wash away the dander and scab sticking on the hair, then apply the medicine shower gel to the whole body, and massage the dog for 10 minutes, then soak for 10 minutes before rinsing. It should be noted that it must be blown dry after washing, especially the base hair must be blown dry. Apply sterilization medicine once a day and once a night to the affected area, and cooperate with a fungal medicine bath until it is completely cured.
3. Strengthening nutritional supplements
requires supplementing dogs with sufficient protein, a variety of vitamins, minerals and trace elements to enhance dogs' immunity.
If the owner takes good protection in daily life, then dogs rarely experience fungal skin diseases. So I hope all the poop shovelers can do a good job in daily care for dogs and keep them from suffering from diseases!