INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue: 2

Therapeutic Management of Canine Pyoderma -A Study of 10 patients

  • Author:
  • Rajni Prabha Mahto, Suman Biswas
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 391 to 392

Division of Veterinary Medicine, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly -243122 (Uttar Pradesh)

*Corresponding author: E-mail: sumanvet.09@gmail.com

Online published on 31 March, 2014.

Abstract

Ten dogs suffering from skin lesion with history of pyotraumatic dermatitis, furunculosis, cellulitis, folliculitis and complaints of extreme pruritus were diagnosed as refractory canine pyoderma. Clinical diagnosis of canine pyoderma was based on history, physical examination and complementary examinations. They were treated with Lincomycin parenterals and chlorhexidine topically; all dogs recovered uneventfully.

Keywords

Canine, lincomycin, pyoderma