Malassezia dermatitis is a common skin fungal infection in dogs and cats. The diseased part will cause severe itching, red skin, excessive sebum secretion, and chronically infected dogs also have skin thickening, crusting, etc., and issued
This dog's name is Nannan. It was picked up by a kind person from the trash can two weeks ago. It was going to be immunized. When the doctor walked to Nannan, he immediately smelled the special smell of skin disease on Nannan's body.
There was a piece of skin on the upper end of Nannan's right forelimb that was completely depilated, with thickened skin and obvious dandruff.
(1) The etiology of Malassezia dermatitis
Malassezia dermatitis in dogs is caused by the excessive proliferation of Malassezia pachyderm.
There is also Malassezia infection in the ear of the nan, the skin is thickened obviously, there is a lot of dandruff, and it is often scratched at home. It can be seen that the onset time has been more than 2 weeks, and it may even be a month.
There is also Malassezia infection in the ear of the nan, the skin is thickened obviously, there is a lot of dandruff, and it is often scratched at home. It can be seen that the onset time has been more than 2 weeks, and it may even be a month.
(2) Symptoms of Malassezia dermatitis
When Malassezia dermatitis occurs, the main clinical symptom in dogs is itching.
On the inner side of Nannan's left forelimb, the skin was depilated heavily, the skin was thickened severely, and there was a white scab, and even the saphenous vein could not be felt during blood examination.
(3) Diagnosis of Malassezia dermatitis
First of all, the symptoms mentioned above must be found through physical examination, and then further diagnosis is made, which is correct in the process of treating skin diseases
This is a picture of Malassezia under the microscope, which was taken by Nannan during the microscopic examination of the dermatological tape method, a single Malassezia in a certain field of view: Malassezia in a circle like a peanut, other
(4) Treatment of Malassezia dermatitis
The method of treating Malassezia dermatitis is not difficult. One is to control the systemic infection with continuous medication, and the second is to intervene and treat the affected area.