Nutritional approaches for management of dermatological disorders in canine

Nutrients play a major role in health status of skin and hair coat in dogs. Nutritional deficiencies are reported as an indirect cause of dermatological disorders resulting from reduced intake of diet, unbalanced diet or reduced absorption or utilization of the nutrients as a result of disease or genetic factors. Most often nutritional deficiency and excess are not commonly identified as direct causes of dermatological disorders but dietary modifications often found to reduce the severity of such diseases. Hence knowledge on common clinical conditions caused by deficiency or excess of these nutrients will provide useful information on nutritional interventions for correcting the problems. This review discusses on the role of various nutrients in health of skin and coat of dogs