Successful Management of Canine Atopic Dermatitis in Dog
Successful Management of Canine Atopic Dermatitis
Abstract
Canine atopic dermatitis (CAD) is a chronic and recurrent inflammatory and pruritic disease of skin. CAD is the most prevalent skin diseases in dogs and associated with IgE immunoglobulin mediated hypersensitivity to environmental allergens such as animal epithelia, pollens, molds, house dust, mites and storage mites. A German shepherd dog aged about 19 months old with intense itching and scratched soggy coat wound on neck was presented as a clinical case of in TVCC, BVC, Patna. The scratched wound was dressed with povidone-iodine 10 % solution, and regular application of Clobetasol propionate, Ofloxacin and Miconazole nitrate as antibacterial and antifungal preparation till complete healing. The dog was also treated with Cephalexin @ 25 mg/kg body wt. twice in a day orally to prevent secondary infection of bacteria and cyclosporine @ 5 mg/kg body wt. once in a day orally to suppress the immune response, administration of antihistaminic cetirizine hydrochloride. The itching was ceased after two weeks and the wound was completely recovered after 4 weeks of therapy. So, it was concluded that proper management and therapy with the immunosuppressive drug (Cyclosporine) can cure the Atopic dermatitis.
Keywords: Canine atopic dermatitis, allergen, Cyclosporine
