Crusting head lesions in an English Bulldog

RE: Crusting head lesions in an English Bulldog

kirsty — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 18:36:48 GMT

another vote for Bravecto

RE: Crusting head lesions in an English Bulldog

Joyce Whitehead — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 20:32:11 GMT

Another vote for more parasite control - I'd give it Bravecto personally as it's great for demodex and we've had a couple of bulldogs with chronic skin issues which scraped clear but demodex on biopsy.

And welcome!

RE: Crusting head lesions in an English Bulldog

emma o'connor — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 16:26:55 GMT

I second Bobs advice about skin scrapes and don't assume mites are not involved due to advocate being applied regularly. Also what dose of cephalexin have you been using and for how long? I find bull dogs are repeat offenders for superficial pyodermas, for which the dose of cephalexin needs to be 30mg/kg BID rather than the 10-15mg/kg BID on the data sheet and for a minimum three weeks, with at least a week beyond resolution of lesions. Atopy is also a major predisposing factor I find.

RE: Crusting head lesions in an English Bulldog

Bob Russell — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 15:18:44 GMT

Regular chlorhexidine shampoos/vetasept, leaving on coat for ten minutes before rinsing. Cheap and easy and almost as effective as antibiotics if done properly every 2-3 days to start.

Revisit the skin scrapings from time to time as they seem high risk for demodex. Don't rely on Advocate alone to deal with mites!

Can use Apoquel at the same time to make dog more comfortable and then tail off the dose to see if it is still required.

Obviously food trial etc etc as standard work up!

RE: Crusting head lesions in an English Bulldog

Rob Loxley — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 14:49:06 GMT

[quote user="Alana O'Kane"]Can anyone suggest anything else that I could look for or add in treatment wise? I have not used any EFAs yet but could add this in.[/quote]

Sounds like it may be atopy.

I'd add in EFAs and also consider medicated shampoo of the whole dog, with CLX wipes in the worst areas

RE: Crusting head lesions in an English Bulldog

Arlo Guthrie — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 10:37:05 GMT

I'm sure someone will be along soon, but just wanted to say welcome to the forum!