Sentences with phrase «generalized mange»

Treatment of generalized mange usually involves clipping the hair to better reach the skin, bathing with antibacterial shampoos, regular dipping with amitraz (Mitoban) and appropriate antibiotics.

About 10 % of pets with localized mange develop generalized mange.

In pets with generalized mange infection, those that are less than a year old have a 30 - 50 % likelihood of clearing the infection even though it is widespread.

Cancer, metabolic defects or disease and other serious conditions contribute to the development of generalized mange in adult dogs.

Long - term medication may be prescribed if it's found that your cat's has generalized mange rather than localized.

It is recommended by doctors that dogs who have contracted generalized mange should not bred because the condition can be passed on to offspring.

Most helpful dog owner's review (read the full Amazon review): «Adopted a 3 month old puppy from the animal shelter whose localized demodectic mange around eyes rapidly spread to generalized mange all the way to her tail with oozing sores, thickened skin, hair loss and serious secondary staph skin infection.

my dog jellybean had generalized mange since she was 12 weeks old.at first we did nt mind all the spots she had and by the time we took her to the vet her infection was really bad.we put her on the mitaban dip and she was fine the first 2 doses.a day after her 3rd dip she had an allergic reaction that we ended up taking her to the per ER (which is not cheap).

Small infestations are described as localized mange, while larger outbreaks are called generalized mange.

Enlarged lymph nodes are a bad sign — often foretelling generalized mange.

Generalized mange occurs in young pets and in adult pets.

There is no evidence that spot treatment of localized lesions will prevent generalized mange.

Although generalized mange is an unsightly and uncomfortable disease, the serious health concern is typically the underlying medical condition that predisposed your dog to mange in the first place.

Animals that develop adult - onset generalized mange typically have a genetic predisposition to the condition, or have suffered a traumatic compromising of their immune system.

Treatment of generalized mange should only be undertaken with the knowledge that it will probably take a long time, be expensive, and may not work.

Probably that while localized mange is a common problem in IG puppies, most dogs do not develop generalized mange.

As with dogs, cats diagnosed with generalized mange shouldn't be bred because of the chance it could be passed on to her kittens.

Generalized mange is an inherited condition, with a prohibition against breeding any dog that has suffered from the disorder.

In cases of generalized mange, antibiotics and other treatments may be required as well.

Generalized mange (demodex) occurs in multiple locations, such as ear, elbow, and stomach, and may progress to cover most of your pet's body, including the feet.

If you notice that your dog's skin patches have become sore, crusted and oozing, it may be generalized mange.

In other cases the mites can form something called «generalized mange» which is far more serious.

The second group of dogs have generalized mange that involves many areas of the body.

Demodicosis may involve only 1 or 2 small areas of skin (localized mange) or large areas of the body (generalized mange).

The remaining dogs progress on to have generalized mange, which is characterized by more than 10 areas of hair loss, itching, bacterial infection and redness.

Generalized mange, either juvenile or adult onset, is a serious and potentially life threatening disease, as unresponsive cases sometimes require euthanasia.

Juvenile mange is further subdivided into localized and generalized mange.

Only about 5 % of the affected individuals went on to develop generalized mange, a somewhat lower figure than might be expected.

This would seem to indicate that removing these animals from a breeding program would serve no purpose, but conversely, due to the relative infrequency of generalized mange, any affected individual should be surgically neutered.

Treatment of generalized mange is more complicated than that of the localized variant, and often requires prescription anti-mite baths and lotions.