Abstract

A nine-month-old female Doberman Pinscher dog weighing 25 kg was presented with the complaint of generalized skin lesions and pruritus. On clinical examination alopecia, scale and crust formation and hyperkeratosis were noticed. Laboratory diagnosis revealed demodicosis with pyoderma and malasseziosis. The Demodex canis was detected in deep skin scraping and budding yeast on impression smear. Culture of skin swab revealed the presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Therapeutic management with fluralaner, enrofloxacin, Benzyl peroxide shampoo, piroctone olamine shampoo , immune boosters and omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids was carried out. Animal showed uneventful recovery one month after treatmen

Keywords : Dog, demodicosis, pseudomonas, pyoderma