The coat of the animal reflects the state of his health. Usually, hair loss in dogs is explained by natural seasonal moulting. To accelerate the process of molting, it is enough to increase the amount of vitamins in the diet of the pet from hair loss. Moulting is usually delayed if there is a lack of vitamin A and biotin.
But, if before the "planned" change of hair is still far away, then this may be a symptom of some serious disease. In this case, it is worthwhile to take the pet to the vet clinic, that the veterinarian would make an accurate diagnosis and find out why the dog has hair falling out.
The causes of hair loss in dogs:
- The most common reason is the wrong diet of the pet. Most often, dogs that feed on extremely dry food, lack the minerals and B vitamins that protect against hair loss.
- Allergy. Dry food can cause an allergic reaction, natural products usually do not create such a problem. If the dog itches and at the same time its hair falls out, it is most likely a food allergy.
- Hormonal imbalance. Abuse of hormonal drugs leads to a malfunction in the dog's body and its alopecia.
- Decreased immunity. After the disease, the dog's immunity decreases and the coat falls all over the body. Also, a decrease in immunity may be due to the presence of helminths (worms), so it is necessary to carry out de-worming of pets in time.
- Wrong care of the coat. Dogs need to be washed with special shampoos. If the condition of the coat worsens, try changing the shampoo.
Also, the reason that a dog has a lot of hair loss, there may be various diseases.
Diseases of dogs leading to hair loss:
- Ringworm is an infectious disease caused by a fungus. With ringworm, the hair in dogs falls out in places. Be careful, this disease can be transmitted to a person.
- Skin parasites. Usually, the withers settle on the tail and hips of the dog. Your dog can pick them up from another dog, but not from a cat. Cat parasites can not survive on the wool cover of a dog.
- Eczema - inflammation of individual skin areas. Most often it affects the elderly and well-fed dogs. This disease is not contagious. Its causes are not fully established, but, probably, they are malnutrition and metabolic problems.
- Furunculosis - an inflammation of the sebaceous glands and hair follicles. Typically, furunculosis affects large breed dogs. The cause is the disrupted work of the digestive tract.
- Rare diseases , such as Cushing's disease.
Treatment of hair loss in dogs
The owners of animals need to know that hair loss is not during moult, the formation of bald patches, the loss of hair in the dog craps - this is not normal for a healthy pet. For the appointment of treatment in many cases, laboratory studies of samples of wool or scrapes from the area of hair loss are required. Therefore, a personal consultation with a veterinarian is necessary.
For each pet treatment is assigned individually, but in general it includes:
- measures to activate the immune system - adding to the diet of various herbs, antioxidants, omega-3;
- analysis of nutrition and the formation of a balanced diet - if the dog is fed exclusively dry food, the addition of raw meat is recommended;
- the administration of specific medications - it can be a variety of ointments or compresses to relieve the itching and stimulation of the treatment process.
After suffering a serious illness, the pupil still needs to conduct a course of immunostimulants.