SKIN DISEASE IN DOGS

1. SKIN DISEASE IN DOGS Dr fionnualafallon MVB Park pets veterinary clinic kinnegad

2. DERMATOLOGY IN GENERAL PRACTICE • SKIN – LARGEST ORGAN IN BODY • GIVES VETS THE MOST HEADACHES • SECOND MOST COMMON CONSULTATION AFTER ROUTINE PREVENTATIVE HEALTHCARE • PRURITIS MOST COMMON COMPLAINT ACCOUNTING FOR 30-40% OF SKIN PROBLEMS

3. VETERINARY DERMATOLOGY - MOSTLY ABOUT DOING DETECTIVE WORK

5. Step one: take a thorough history • Major client complaint • Description of disease onset  • Description of skin disease progression  • Degree and location of pruritus • Current and prior treatments and response  • Parasite history and current parasite control—or lack thereof • Evidence of contagion to other animals or people. • Clinical signs the owner has observed • Evidence of concurrent disease

7. COAT AND SKIN EXAMINATION

8. Clinical exam – nose to tail

9. Basic diagnostic tests

10. Skin scrape can detect mange 50% of the time

11. SARCOPTIC MANGE  Sarcoptes mites burrow through the skin causing intense itching and irritation

12. Walking Dandruff

14. Harvest mites

15. Tape strips are useful

16. Performing a tape strip • Press a clear acetate strip onto affected areas of the dog’s skin • Stain and allow to dry. • Place strip onto microscope slide • Examine slide under high power (x400) and oil immersion

17. Tape strip

18. Tape strip for cytology

19. Hot spots – my favourite The area usually appears red, raised, irritated and has some degree of hair loss

20. Impetigo – puppies – pus filled blisters Puppy acne - superficial pyoderma

21. Folliculitis

22. Topical shampoos can help Seborrhea – greasy and scaly – can be genetic and last a lifetime

23. Changes in texture and colour – chronic – see a vet!

24. Deep pyoderma – takes weeks to treat

25. Dry flaky skin – can indicate bad diet or oil deficiency

26. Painful and chronic Acral lick granuloma

27. Skin tumours

28. Difficult lesions Perianal fistulas – german shepherds

29. Immune disorders

30. Anal sac disease

31. Fungal culture - Ringworm

32. Ringworm – zoonotic dog cat

33. Hair plucks – for cytology and fungal culture

34. ALLERGIC DISEASE • ATOPIC DOGS ARE ITCHY 100% OF THE TIME • ATOPY MEANS MULTIPLE ALLERGIES • ENVIRONMENTAL ALLERGENS ARE THE MOST COMMON FLEA ALLERGY FOOD ALLERGY ATOPIC DERMATITIS CONTACT ALLERGY

35. Allergic dermatitis Common Frustrating Sometimes we can only manage these cases

37. FLEA ALLERGY

39. Don’t wait to see adult fleas to treat for fleas There are a variety of ways you get into trouble when it comes to fleas: — No treatment all winter, start treating May or June. — Use over the counter products purchased at a supermarket — Treat the dogs, but not the cats. — Only treat the pets that live strictly outdoors. — Only treat the pets that live strictly indoors. — Buy products that come with a guarantee – but buy from online pharmacies, voiding the guarantee. — Wash pets with . (Please don’t do this!) — Fail to use products each and every month on every pet.

40. Types of flea control

41. ENVIRONMENTAL ALLERGENS

42. Allergy testing

43. Allergy testing – blood tests

44. Immunotherapy – expensive

45. FOOD ALLERGIES

46. Little white dogs ! Food trial Food trial Food trial Feet licking scooting Chronic ears

47. CONTACT ALLERGY MOSTLY ON VENTRUM

48. LET’S TALK ABOUT OTITIS!

49. OTITIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH DERMATITIS 43% OF OTITIS CASES ARE LINKED WITH ALLERGY

50. WORKUP OF NON LESIONAL PRURITIS