dog fungal infection

dog was infected with fungus

1. Reasons

1. Living environment: When the environment is relatively humid, especially in the rainy season, the living environment will become very humid. In such an environment, dogs are easy to breed fungi, resulting in infection with fungi.

2. Improper bathing: bathing the dog with human body soap, not bathing the dog for a long time, and bathing the dog frequently, failing to wash off the dirt on their body when bathing, these situations Over time, it will cause fungal growth and fungal infection.

3. Malnutrition: If the owner does not usually give enough nutrition and feeds the dog a single dog food and food for a long time, it will easily cause the dog to suffer from malnutrition, resulting in poor resistance and immunity. infected by fungi.

2. Symptoms:

If a dog is infected with fungus, some round red spots appear on the skin, usually called tinea psoriasis, these ringworms The spots usually appear on the dog’s face, limbs, body, and tail, and the hair is dry and easy to fall off and have dander.

Third, the treatment method:

1. Shave the dog’s hair infected by the fungus, and clean the affected area with warm water first Clean, then spray with an anti-inflammatory and antibacterial spray according to the method of use. After using the spray, put an Elizabethan collar on the dog to prevent them from licking the skin spray.

2. To supplement nutrition for dogs, you can feed the dog nutritional cream, formulate a diet table for the dog, and arrange the dog’s diet reasonably.

3. During the period of fungal infection, the dog should be isolated, and then the surrounding environment should be regularly disinfected. If there are other dogs at home, they should also be isolated to avoid infection. The owner and family should also take precautions Measures, because dog fungal infection can be transmitted to people through contact, especially if there are children at home, be careful not to let children come into contact with sick dogs.

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