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The purpose of this study was to collect data on skin diseases in dogs evaluated at the Veterinary Hospital of the Northern Parana State University (UENP), in Bandeirantes, Parana, Brazil. Dermatological conditions amounted to 31.38% of all consultations in dogs, and the most common skin conditions observed were, from the most to the least common: bacterial, parasitic, fungal, immune, and keratinization disorders; general skin diseases and psychogenic conditions. The highest scoring diseases, in number of occurrences were, in descending order: Superficial folliculitis, demodicidosis, dermatophytosis, bacterial otitis, deep folliculitis, dry dekeratinization, allergic dermatitis caused by flea bites, fungal ear infections, scabies, impetigo, malassezia dermatitis, parasitical otitis, pad dermatitis, and atopic dermatitis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The cistomatose apocrine gland is a rare condition and not neoplastic characterized by diverse groups of glands with dilated cyst formation. A female jaguar melanin (Phantera ounce), with an estimated age of 16, the physical examination revealed several nodules of soft consistency and floating, not stuck in the ventral abdomen, which were removed in a surgical procedure. Within these cysts had a net content, odorless and translucent. Microscopy was noted between the mid and deep dermis formation of multiple cysts of varying size, coated with a single layer of cuboidal cells and predominantly focuses looked up some rare projections papiliformes glandular epithelium. The diagnosis of an apocrine gland cistomatosis was accomplished through macroscopic and microscopic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]