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