Secondary or Concurrent Infections in Skin of Atopic Dogs

Authors

  • Joice P Joseph Dept. of Veterinary Clinical Complex, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh-362 001, Gujarat, India
  • JS Patel Dept. of Veterinary Clinical Complex, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh-362 001, Gujarat, India
  • PH Tank Principal and Dean, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh-362001, Gujarat, India
  • DB. Barad Dept. of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh-362 001, Gujarat, India
  • BJ Thakre Dept. of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh-362 001, Gujarat, India

Keywords:

Atopy, Commensal, Demodex, Dogs, Secondary skin infections

Abstract

In the present study, twenty atopic dogs were investigated for secondary skin infections using different diagnostic techniques. The  majority of dogs were suffering from bacterial infections, especially Staphylococcal infection (90 %). Different commensals on skin like  Staphylococcus spp., Aspergillus spp. (50 %), Malassezia spp. (45 %), Demodex spp. (25 %) etc. caused secondary or concurrent infections  in many atopic dogs indicating the importance of atopy in recurrent or non-responding dermatitis with those commensal organisms.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

2019-11-25

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2019): The Indian Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Biotechnology (IJVSBT) (Oct- Dec) 2019

Section

Articles

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Joseph, J.P., Patel, J., Tank, P., Barad, D., & Thakre, .B. (2019). Secondary or Concurrent Infections in Skin of Atopic Dogs. Indian Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Biotechnology, 15(2), 53–55. Retrieved from https://acspublisher.com/journals/index.php/ijvsbt/article/view/2519