Vol. 13, Issue 4 (2024)

Author(s):
Selvi D, Kshama MA, Ramesh PT, Shrikrishna Isloor, Mahesh V and Suguna Rao

Abstract:
Malassezia dermatitis is one of the most common skin diseases in dogs. The present study was taken with the objective of diagnosis and therapeutic management of Malassezia dermatitis cases in dogs presented to outpatient medicine unit of Veterinary College Hospital, Bangalore. The suspected animals were screened for clinical signs and confirmed by direct microscopic examination of the clinical samples from affected pets, cultural morphology in Modified Dixon’s Agar supplemented with chloramphenicol and cycloheximide and microscopic confirmation of the yeast. Based on the results of direct microscopic examination, the positive cases were treated with itraconazole @5mg/kg b.wt SID, po for two consecutive days in a week for three weeks along with supportive treatment of broad spectrum antibacterial, antifungal shampoo bath twice a week and essential fatty acid supplementation.