author(s)
Desh Deepak, Alok Kumar Chaudhary, Supriya Yadav, Arvind Kumar Das, Pankaj Kumar Patel, Babul Rudra Paul, UK De and SK Dixit

abstract
A male German shepherd dog of age 7 months was presented to Referral Veterinary Polyclinic, IVRI with a history of chronic skin lesions on the face, around the ears, chin, neck and fore limbs. Clinical examination revealed presence of primary and secondary skin lesions mainly alopecia, follicular papules, pustules, scaling, foul smelling, crusting and bleeding tracts. Skin scrapping reveals the infestation of Demodex mites. Case was efficiently and safely managed by using subcutaneous injections of Doramectin at weekly intervals along with gram positive sensitive antibiotic boosted with supportive therapy. The combination was well tolerated by the dog and no significant alteration was observed in hemato-biochemical profile during and after the recovery period.