Dog dermatosis

When it is hot in summer, pet owners are most worried about skin problems. Fungal infection, fleas, mites and other parasitic diseases are the most common, which is also a headache for many owners. So what causes these diseases to occur frequently in summer? Here we made a summary, hoping to help pet owners!

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1. With the increase of temperature, the environment is conducive to the growth and reproduction of harmful bacteria and parasites, especially in places with high humidity, which is very conducive to the growth of mold. At this time, if the pet owner shaves the pet, it will bring the skin into direct contact with the bacteria in the environment. At the same time, if you walk your dog in the grass, you will have more opportunities to get in touch with parasites in the environment.

2. Pets will have heat stress in a hot environment, and their immunity is relatively weak, which makes some harmful bacteria or parasites take the opportunity to invade the body, such as common demodex, Malassezia, etc., which are parasitic in hair follicles and body surfaces under normal circumstances and are harmless to the body. When the body's immunity is low, it will take the opportunity to reproduce and treat diseases.

3. Due to the hot weather, the pet's blood is mainly distributed in the periphery to dissipate heat, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the gastrointestinal tract, loss of appetite, loss of appetite, and a large amount of drinking water to dilute gastric acid, further reducing appetite. The body lacks nutrition and energy supply, resulting in insufficient resistance.

4. In order to cool the pets, they should be bathed frequently. The owner thinks it is cool and clean, and it also avoids the interference of parasites such as fleas. In fact, there is a layer of sebum secreted by sebaceous glands outside the epidermis of pets, which has a certain defensive effect on the skin surface. Taking a bath is because if you don't take a bath for a long time, a lot of microorganisms and stains will accumulate on sebum, which is not good for your skin. But because bathing too often will destroy this barrier, and the skin of animals is very thin, washing too often will inevitably damage the skin.

5. Wash your pet with a good shower gel or shampoo. In fact, good and bad are relative. Maybe the shampoo you use has good effect and good quality for you, but pets are pets after all. They are different from people. Because pet's skin is weakly alkaline (the ph value of dogs and cats is around 7.5), human skin is indeed weakly acidic (about 5.5 for boys and 6.5 for girls). Therefore, human shampoo is not suitable for pets, and because the skin of cats and dogs is much thinner than that of humans, human shampoo is actually harmful to the skin of pets.

Canine dermatosis

In view of the above reasons, the preventive measures are sorted out

1, keep the environment clean, walk dogs and try not to go to the grass, especially don't let pets go to the grass or bushes.

2. Appropriate measures such as cooling, keeping fresh air and smooth air circulation can reduce thermal stress. Water supply should be sufficient, at the same time, it should be given something it likes to eat, and it can be Doby from time to time, so that its spirit will be better. At the same time, it can supplement some trace elements and improve the immune ability of the body.

Even in summer, you don't need to bathe your pet every day, even several times a day. It is suggested that once a week is enough. If you just want to cool down, you can wash some dust without shampoo. If you want to use shampoo, you must give it to your pet.