Use of Dermacid in treatment of dermatomycoses in small domestic animals

Abstract

A new preparation called Dermacid that we have developed and are presenting herein is a highly efficient means possessing fungicidal properties. It is not toxic for warm-blooded animals, possessing no cumulative properties and is a highly efficient means for treatment of dermatomycoses in cats and dogs. Carrying out reliable and efficient therapy is an important link in the system of measures aimed at controlling dermatomycoses in domestic animals. By now, specialists have studied and tested a considerable number of different chemical substances and agents possessing a therapeutic action in animals suffering from dermatomycoses. Among them are such substances as cresol, phenol, formalin, lysol, salicylic acid, copper sulfate, creolin, petroleum products, dichlorophen, clotrimazole, nizoral, camyzyl, zoniton, fungin and other therapeutic substances, but the majority of them possess undesirable side effects and are economically disadvantageous (2, 9). The known antimycotic vaccines are mainly used to prevent the disease, not always ensuring the desired prophylactic and therapeutic effect (3, 5, 8), especially during acute course of the disease. These circumstances compel us to use effective fungicidal chemotherapeutic agents. Based on the findings obtained in our studies, we have developed a new complex preparation Dermacid possessing antifungal, anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties.