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Dermatosis associated with feeding generic dog food: 13 cases (1981-1982)
C A Sousa1, A A Stannard, P J Ihrke
1Veterinary Teaching Hosptial, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
|March 1, 1988
Abstract:
The records of 13 dogs with a crusting dermatosis of the mucocutaneous junctions, pressure points, and trunk were evaluated. All of the dogs had been fed corn- and wheat-based commercial dry dog foods that failed to meet the National Research Council's recommendations for balanced nutrition. The dermatosis in all 13 dogs resolved completely after the diet was changed to one that met the National Research Council's recommendations. The disease was similar to that which has previously been called canine dry pyoderma, but is now known to be a zinc-responsive dermatosis.