Dog Owner's Home Veterinary Handbook.pdf - Mr. Walnuts

infected skin on longhaired dogs (don’t clip shorthaired dogs), and bathe the
dog twice a day for 10 days with a povidone-iodine shampoo such as Betadine
or one with chlorhexidine such as Nolvasan. As the skin infection improves,
switch to a benzoyl peroxide shampoo such as Stiff OxyDex, OxyDex, or
Pyoben, used once or twice a week. Continue until healing is complete.
The dog should also be placed on an oral antibiotic selected on the basis of
culture and sensitivity tests. Continue oral antibiotics for six to eight weeks,
including at least two weeks beyond apparent cure. Treatment failures occur
when antibiotics are stopped too soon or used at too low a dosage. The prolonged
use of corticosteroids should be avoided in dogs with folliculitis.
SKIN FOLD PYODERMA
THE SKIN AND COAT • 159
When skin surfaces rub together, the skin becomes wet and inflamed. This
creates ideal conditions for bacterial growth. An infection of the skin folds
can take a variety of forms. It occurs as lip fold pyoderma in spaniels, setters,
St. Bernards, and other breeds with heavy lips; as face fold pyoderma in
Pekingese and Chinese Shar-Pei; as vulvar fold pyoderma in obese females;
An English Bulldog with
skin fold pyoderma of the
neck.