Knowing Your Dog's Breed Well - Able to Get Rid of Malassezia Yeast Infection

By J.J. Yong

Commonly, Malassezia is a type of yeast that is found in the ear canal, anal sacs, vagina, and rectum of healthy dogs. There are several dog breeds that are highly-susceptible to this particular yeast infections including:

• Silky
• Australian
• Maltese
• West Highland
• White Terriers
• Chihuahuas
• Poodles
• Shetland Sheepdogs
• German Shepherd

Signs of this infection are itchy skin that causes unstoppable scratching in which it may further traumatize the skin. Generalized form of yeast infection will have a greasy smell and may suffer from oily and scaly skin. As for localized muzzle infections, your dog may excessively rub his face or lick his feet if these infections spread from one place to another. To a certain extent, hair loss, redness of skin and hyperpigmentation occur when the fungus and other parasites grow out of control in the body.

However, when your dog is provided the best nutritional support with a balanced diet, therefore it enhances your dog's immunity that can keep this particular fungus at low levels and become dormant. In this case, this fungus will not be able to interfere with the body system by maintaining your dog's well-being and health.

Basically, there are two common ways to deal with this yeast infection:

1. Setting up a balanced diet - because poor quality ingredients and lacking in nutrients can increase chances of your dog to get infected by Malassezia.

Normally, a balanced diet is planned according to types of dog breeds. In other words, you have to set up a customized diet for your mixed-breed dog based on their primary/secondary breed. Therefore, your dog needs to perform a dog DNA breed test to identify your dog's breed accurately.

2. Provide probiotic back up to re-seed the gut with beneficial flora.

If your dog has undergone antibiotic medication earlier, make sure dog is provided with sufficient probiotic supply because probiotics are able to keep fungus at low levels. If your dog's breed is identified accurately, you can discuss with your veterinarian about the ideal amount of antibiotic and probiotic intake. Please take note that antibiotics able to destroy both bad and good bacteria, but it does not eradicate fungus.

Malassezia yeast infection can be treated or prevented effectively if proper diet is planned according to your dog's breed. For more information about dog DNA testing for your mixed-breed dog, visit http://dogdnabasics.com