Abstract: Dog dermatophyte infectious skin diseases is a common dog infectious skin diseases, which account for about 16.86% in clinical cases, of which the main manifestations include desquamation and hair shedding locally or even over all the body. If it is accompanied with secondary bacterial infection, which may leads to Pus-tinea. This disease can transmit among animals, humans and between animals and humans, to some degree, it is a big public health threat. This disease usually happens to young, weak and old animals, which may also lead to epidemic in dog farm or pet shelter. This article mainly focuses on the fundamental analysis of dog dermatophyte infectious skin diseases from the aspect of epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

Key words: dog dermatophyte infectious skin diseases; mechanism; symptom; diagnosis; therapy