Prevalence Of Skin Diseases In Dogs Of Kumaon Tarai Of Uttarakhand

Examination of 924 dogs reported during 2011 to 2016 to Veterinary Hospital, Pantnagar yielded 588 (63.63%) confirmed cases of skin ailments. Maximum cases observed during rainy season (64.28%) followed by summer (21.43%) and winter (14.29%). It was detected that non-descript breeds as well as Labrador suffered most (32.14%) followed by German shepherd (9.52%). Out of nine observed symptoms, majority of the dogs presented with four or five different kind of symptoms as 28% had itching followed by dermatitis (19%), ticks (18%) and hair fall (15%)