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Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / August 2006Lab Skin Problem on Neck
Our 3 year old lab has a chronic skin problem. The hair is gone in a 5" x 5" area on her neck below her chin. Vet has advised antibacterial shampoo but has had little effect. Any clues as to what this may be? > Our 3 year old lab has a chronic skin problem. The hair is gone in a 5" > x 5" area on her neck below her chin. Vet has advised antibacterial > shampoo but has had little effect. Any clues as to what this may be? ........Have they done a skin scraping or fungal culture? Possibilities are fungal, mites, Staph. Is it weeping? Does she scratch it? buglady take out the dog before replying Yes, the local vet tried all those things but nothing was coming up positive. She (my lab) also had a skin allergy resembling acne all over her stomach, arm pits, lower abdomen that we finally isolated to the brand of dog food we were buying. She's all clear now except for the under side of the neck so we think something else is causing this. The vet also suggested that this might be due to the way the skin folds back on itself. Anyways its flaky and dry and hairless resembling some type of dermatitus. Thanks for your response. -ken > > Our 3 year old lab has a chronic skin problem. The hair is gone in a 5" > > x 5" area on her neck below her chin. Vet has advised antibacterial [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > buglady > take out the dog before replying > Yes, the local vet tried all those things but nothing was coming up > positive. She (my lab) also had a skin allergy resembling acne all over > her stomach, arm pits, lower abdomen that we finally isolated to the > brand of dog food we were buying. Anyways its flaky and dry and hairless resembling some > type of dermatitus. Thanks for your response. ..............Does she wear a collar all the time? Does it have any pesticides in it? Does she swim a lot? buglady take out the dog before replying > > Yes, the local vet tried all those things but nothing was coming up > > positive. She (my lab) also had a skin allergy resembling acne all over [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > buglady > take out the dog before replying Yes, she wears a leather collar all the time. I keep it fairly loose, but always wondered if some bacteria was being harbored in the leather. No swimming, mostly a home dog. > Yes, she wears a leather collar all the time. I keep it fairly loose, > but always wondered if some bacteria was being harbored in the leather. Can you leave the collar off until you need it for going out? And possibly switch off to a webbing collar? Yes, leather can build populations of both bacteria and fungi. Kay |
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