Dog Skin Condition by Dr Anne Fawcett

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With Summer upon us, it’s important to understand that not all itchy dogs are the same. This pug has a skin condition caused by the mite demodex canis, which is a microscopic parasite that lives in dogs skin, and secondary infections causing the skin to become red, inflamed and exudative meaning it bleeds a little bit.

The mite combined with the secondary infection were causing itchiness, widespread inflammation and a fever in the patient. Once we have made the diagnosis via a deep skin scrape (a simple in-house diagnostic test), demodex can be managed.

* Please note all images were obtained by Dr Anne Fawcett with the owners permission and were not externally sourced.

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