INTAS POLIVET

Open Access
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue: 2

Vitamin -A Responsive Dermatosis in a Dog

  • Author:
  • Snehlata U. Baviskar, C. Jayanthy, B. Nagarajan
  • Total Page Count: 1
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 210 to 210

Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Ethics and Jurisprudence, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai -600007 (Tamil Nadu)

Abstract

A four years old terrier female dog was presented with chronic skin lesions viz. dry and rough haircoat, scaling, alopecia, erythema, crust and pruritus. Skin scraping were negative for ectoparasites. Total T4 was within the normal range. The dog was treated with oral Vitamin A for 15 days and reviewed. There was remarkable improvement in condition and concluded that the dermatological condition was Vitamin A responsive dermatosis and treated successfully.

Keywords

Dermatosis, responsive, vitamin A