This study investigated the intensity of occurrence of individual bacterial diseases of the skin in dogs and cats during a period of 1.5 years. In this period we diagnosed individual bacterial skin disorders in 20 dogs and three cats of ages ranging from 8 months to 12 years. In the patients, we...

The historical, clinical and histopathological features of 3 dogs with eosinophilic folliculitis and furunculosis are described. The disease was characterized by the rapid development of pruritic, papular, pustular and ulcerative lesions on the dorsum of the muzzle. Skin lesions were confined to...

A 4-year-old male Pit Bull dog was presented at a small animal clinic in Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, [date not given] with ulcerated, exudative lesions on the dorsal muzzle and right leg. After sedation, clinical examination was performed and an exudate was collected from the ulcerated skin...

A retrospective study (1990-97) of the histological features of four cases of canine T. mentagrophytes var. erinacei infection in New Zealand is reported. In all four dogs, the initial lesions affected the dorsal muzzle and in two dogs the lesions spread to more distant sites on the body....

A 9-month-old Maltese terrier bitch from Italy presented with progressively worsening dermatitis of 8-weeks duration, with hyperpigmentation, furunculosis and partial alopecia of the muzzle. Examination revealed generalized squamous demodectic mange caused by D. canis together with a short-bodied...

A brief account of superficial pyoderma (pyotraumatic dermatitis, intertrigo, impetigo, folliculitis) and deep pyoderma (furunculosis, acne, nasal pyoderma, suppurative hydradenitis, interdigital and juvenile pyoderma). Bacteriological examination of 53 cases yielded 28 strains of...