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Do you know demodicosis is not contagious to other dogs or to people? Demodicosis is a dreadful disease among dogs. If your pup gets this infection, it is really a pathetic situation. This is a parasitic skin infection that occurs when a large number of manges invade body. Dog mange treatment is really a Herculean task especially in case of puppies.
General Info
Demodicosis in dogs is not contagious to other dogs or to people. In order to cure demodex mange, you need to know about the symptoms of the same.
Symptoms
In case of localized infection, your dog will show symptom of hair loss of nothing more than a patch or two with mild itchiness. This condition is self-limiting disease. It will be cured on its own without giving any treatment.
If the infection is generalized, there will be large amounts of hair loss from all over the body. The response to treatment is moderate. In this type of infection, the affected dog will show irritability, loss of apetite, inactivity and depression.
Treatment
The perfect treatment for this condition is AMITRAZ. This is a solution which is to be applied all over the body once in a week for a month.
Ivermectin is a perfect treatment for this condition. This is highly safe and highly effective against the demodex mite.
Although Amitraz and Ivermectin are perfect remedies for demodex mange, there is possibility of relapsing of this disease if they become reinfected with demodex mites. If you have noticed your dog
